GDC - Georgia Diagnostic & Classification State Prison

State Prison
Georgia
PO Box 3877, Jackson, GA 30233
770-504-2000
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GDC – Georgia Diagnostic & Classification State Prison basic information to help guide you through what you can do for your inmate while they are incarcerated. The facility's direct contact number: 770-504-2000

This facility is for adult inmates.

The inmates housed at Georgia Diagnostic Prison located at Hwy 36 W Prison Blvd in Jackson, GA are placed according to their custody level (determined by a number of factors including the past criminal history and the length of their sentence). There are ample educational and vocational training programs for all inmates, especially ones that show a willingness to learn new things that will prepare them for a better life when they are released. The mission is to promote and prepare the offender to leave in better shape than when they arrived, giving them the best chance to never come back and thus lower the state's recidivism rate.

Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison (GDCP) is a Georgia Department of Corrections prison for men in unincorporated Butts County. The prison, the largest in the state, consists of eight cellblocks containing both double-bunked and single-bunked cells. There are also eight dormitories and a medical unit. The prison conducts diagnostic processing for the state correctional system, houses male offenders under death sentence (UDS), and carries out state-ordered executions by lethal injection. The prison complex also contains a special management unit that houses some of the most aggressive and dangerous prisoners in the correctional system.

The prison holds the state execution chamber. The execution equipment was moved to the prison in June 1980, with the first execution in the facility at the end of 1983. The prison houses the male death row (UDs, "under death sentence"), while female death row inmates reside in Arrendale State Prison.

The GDCP serves as a central hub where sentenced felons begin the process of being admitted into the Georgia State Correctional System. Numerous county jails are paid by the state to house sentenced felons until space becomes available in the prison system. Sentenced felons may spend years in local jails until housing space becomes available in the state prison system. While at GDCP, inmates are either in the process of being classified and tested, or they are assigned as a "permanent." Those inmates who are 'permanents' will serve their entire sentence at the GDCP, while the remainder of inmates will be tested and then moved to other prisons based on their classifications.

Ensure public safety and effectively house offenders while operating a safe and secure facility. Conduct diagnostic processing for offenders, house offenders Under Death Sentence (UDS) and carry out state ordered executions. Houses a Special Management Unit (SMU) consisting of 192 beds. Sex-Offender Release Site.

HOUSING – Consists of eight cellblocks containing both double-bunked and single-bunked cells. There are also eight dormitories, a fast track unit housing 256 general population inmates and a medical unit. This facility also houses a C.E.R.T. Team, Tactical Squad, and a Fire Station.

SEX OFFENDER RELEASE SITE
OPEN DORMITORY

WORK DETAILS – Fire Station, General & Grounds Maintenance, Waste Water, Power House, Canine, and Laundry details.

PROGRAMS:

Academic: General Education Diploma, Remedial, Literacy, Adult Basic Education, OJT
Counseling: Individual and Group Counseling, Sex Offender Psycho-Educational Program (SOPP), Moral Reconation Therapy, Family Violence, Thinking for a Change, Lifers Group, Matrix Relapse Prevention, Matrix Recovery Skills, Ray of Hope, Re-Entry Skills Building, TOPPSTEP
Recreation: General Recreation
Religious Activities: Various Worship Services, Study Groups, Pastoral Counseling

visitation Info

GDC – Georgia Diagnostic & Classification State Prison – Visitation

VISITATION DAYS / HOURS:

Diagnostic Inmates:

HOURS: 9:00AM – 11:00AM and 2:00PM – 4:00PM
DAYS: Monday – Thursday

Diagnostic Inmates cannot receive visits until they have been at GDCP for 60 days. Only immediate family members are allowed to visit. Cancellation of family and professional visitation will occur the day before and the day of an execution. If an execution is stayed, visitation will be canceled as long as execution order is active.

Professional visitation will be allowed for condemned during active execution order.

UDS & SMU Inmates:

HOURS: 9:00AM – 3:00 PM DAYS:
Saturdays, Sundays, and State Holidays General Population Inmates:
HOURS: 9:00AM – 3:00 PM DAYS:
Saturdays, Sundays, and State Holidays

ALL OTHERS: HOURS: 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM DAYS: Saturdays, Sundays, and State Holidays