GDC - Hancock State Prison

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GDC – Hancock 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: 706-444-1000

This facility is for adult inmates.

The inmates housed at Hancock State Prison located at 701 Prison Blvd in Sparta, 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.

Hancock State Prison is a closed custody facility that can incarcerate about 1,190 adult male inmates who have committed serious felony crimes. Inmates are housed in either dormitory, tent housing, or the annex. One of the most distinct things about this institution is the vegan diet it offers to inmates. Inmates housed here may be selected to participate in work details that offer supervised support services to city and county agencies. Vocational skills that are taught at this prison include firefighting, laundry, landscaping, clerical work, barbering, culinary services, and custodial maintenance. Religious services are offered through the Chaplains office and include prayer and religious studies. While incarcerated, inmates are encouraged to earn a GED, adult basic education and learn to read through the educational courses offered.

Hancock provides academic, vocational, substance abuse, and other program services for this population. Medical Services offered on a 16 hour, four day week with 12-hour weekend coverage. Offers vegan and Child Nutrition program, and houses an In-House Transitional Center Facility. This is a Tier I & II facility.

HOUSING – 9 general population dormitories housing 96 each; 2 segregation units with a combined total of 133 beds: J Unit, 1 open bay tent housing unit housing 70 inmates; Annex contains 4 open bay dorms housing 50 inmates each. This facility also houses a C.E.R.T. Team, Tactical Squad, and a Fire Station.

IN-HOUSE TRANSITIONAL CENTER
VEGAN DIET FACILITY

WORK DETAILS – City and County contract and non-contract details. Institutional work details include inside and outside maintenance, Fire Station, yard orderlies, barbershop, library, food service, sanitation, laundry operations, and dorm orderlies.

PROGRAMS:

Academic: General Education Diploma, Adult Basic Education, Literacy Remedial
Counseling: Motivation for Change, Re-Entry, Matrix Early Recovery Skills, Family Violence, In-House Transition Center, Moral Reconation Therapy, Thinking for a Change, Relapse Prevention, Individual Counseling, Career Center, Confronting Self, Sex Offender Psycho-Educational Program (SOPP)
Recreation: General Recreation, Intramural Sports
Volunteer Services: Heads-Up, AA
Religious Activities: Activities: Seventh Day Adventist, Jehovah's Witness, Catholic, Protestant, General Services, Jumah and Talim services weekly. Bill Glass and KAIROS ministries.
Vocational/OJT: Food Service, Laundry, Barber, Maintenance, Firefighting, GCI, Laundry, Grounds Maintenance, Custodial Maintenance, Career Center, and General Clerk

visitation Info

GDC – Hancock State Prison – Visitation

VISITATION DAYS / HOURS

General Population:

Saturday and Sunday – 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM
State Holidays Hours – Saturday and Sunday Hours: 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM (General Population only)
Tier I and Tier II: Days: Tuesday and Thursdays Hours: 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM