GDC - Hays State Prison

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GDC – Hays 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: 706-857-0400

This facility is for adult inmates.

The inmates housed at Hays State Prison located at 777 Underwood Rd in Trion, 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.

Hays State Prison is a closed custody facility that houses approximately 1,100 adult male inmates under the direction of the Georgia Department of Corrections. The general population is housed in ten open dormitories, inmates can also be housed in the annex or segregation which consists of single cells. The facility is also responsible for housing 500 level II mental health inmates. Work detail for selected inmates includes working in a mattress manufacturing plant, working for Aramark food services, and various supervised positions within the county. Academic courses at this facility include adult basic education, literacy classes, and GED courses. Worship services and a faith and character-based dorm are overseen by the Chaplains office. Inmates can receive counseling in anger management, family violence, behavioral modification, career building, and re-entry preparation.

Hays provides offender population with a variety of structured programs intended to minimize recidivism and initiate an effective re-entry program. Houses a Faith & Character-based dormitory and serves as the host facility for the Paulding Probation Detention Center. This is a Tier I & II facility.

HOUSING – Hays State Prison is comprised of 10 general population dorms, consisting of 62 beds per dorm for a total of 620. One Fast Track building housing 256. There are six Special Management Unit dorms consisting of 218 beds. Hays Annex consists of 8 dorms with 50 beds per dorm for a total of 400 beds. The outside fire station has 10 beds and the infirmary has 9 beds. We also house approximately 500 level II mental health offenders throughout the institution. This facility also houses a C.E.R.T. Team, two Tactical Squads, a Special Management Unit (SMU), a Canine Unit and a Fire Station.

OPEN DORMITORY
SINGLE CELLS
FAITH/CHARACTER DORMS

WORK DETAILS – Hays Annex sends out 14 revenue contract details which include the Department of Transportation, DNR Counties of Chattooga, Catoosa, and Whitfield as well as the cities of Trion and Ringgold. GCIC Optics, GCI Mattress and Aramark Food Service are also supported by offender labor.

PROGRAMS:

Academic: General Education Diploma, Adult Basic Education, Literacy
Counseling: Family Violence, Moral Reconation Therapy, Motivation for Change, Thinking for a Change, Career Center, Behavior Stabilization, Re-Entry, Matrix, Anger Management
Recreation: General Recreation, Intramural Sports
Religious Activities: Various Worship Services, Kairos, Faith/Character based dorm
Vocational/OJT: General Office, Laundry, Warehouse, Barbershop, Grounds-keeping, Optics and Mattress Industry, Food Service, Building Maintenance, Custodial Maintenance, In 2 Work (Food Service)

visitation Info

GDC – Hays State Prison – Visitation

VISITATION DAYS / HOURS: HOURS:

9:00 AM TO 3:00 PM DAYS
Saturdays, Sundays, and State Holidays