GDC - Pulaski State Prison

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GDC – Pulaski 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: 478-783-6000

This facility is for adult inmates.

The inmates housed at Pulaski State Prison located at 373 Upper River Rd in Hawkinsville, 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.

Pulaski State Prison is a medium-security institution that incarcerates about 1,225 adult female inmates. Inmates are housed in triple, double, and single cells. This facility provides work crews to various government agencies that provide a labor force. Inmates can take courses to receive an adult basic education, learn to read and obtain a GED. Offenders can also receive counseling for parenting, family violence, substance abuse, and get career and re-entry counseling to prepare the inmates for their release. The Chaplains office offers bible study, an inmate choir, and various worship services. Vocational skills that can be acquired at this institution are culinary arts, clerical, computer technology, laundry, cosmetology, lawn, landscaping, custodial maintenance, plumbing, automobile repair and maintenance, veterinary technician, and graphic arts.

MISSION – Ensure public safety by effectively managing offenders and providing opportunities for positive change. House female offenders of all security levels; maintains an in-house, six-month Residential Substance Abuse Treatment (RSAT) program, supports a Correctional Industries garment plant, houses Level II outpatient Mental Health offenders as well as a Faith and Character Based Living Unit. Host facility for the Bleckley Probation Detention Center and release site for Sex-Offenders.

HOUSING – Consists of four buildings with 48 double rooms to house up to 96 per building; two buildings with double and triple rooms to house up to 120 per building, one building has single and double rooms and houses up to 106 offenders; eight of those rooms are handicap-accessible rooms. One building houses up to 30 isolation/segregation cells for up to 43 offenders along with an intake unit, which houses 58. Two buildings consisting of 96 double- bunked rooms up to 192 per building. This facility also houses a C.E.R.T. team.

WORK DETAILS – Correctional Industries Garment Plant, Grounds Maintenance, Custodial, Laundry, General Maintenance, Food Service, Contract Details, Education & Vocational Aides, Library & Law Aides, Vehicle Maintenance, Warehouse, Horticulture, Equine Rescue

PROGRAMS:

Academic: Education Diploma, Adult Basic Education, Literacy and Title I
Counseling: Active Parenting, Family Violence, Behavior Stabilization, Re-Entry, Confronting Self, Sex Offender Psycho-Educational Program, Thinking For A Change, Children's Center, Alcoholics Anonymous/Narcotics Anonymous, Residential Substance Abuse Center, Motivation For Change, Career Center, Moral Reconation Therapy
Recreation: General Recreation
Religious Activities: Various Worship Services, Bible Study, Choir, Islamic Studies, Pastoral Counseling and Kairos
Vocational/OJT: Law, Library Aides, Cosmetology, Culinary Arts, General Office Clerk, Computer Technology, Customer Service, Food Service, Horticulture, Laundry, Grounds-keeping, Custodial & Vehicle Maintenance, Plumbing, Garment Worker, Veterinary Assistant, Graphic Arts

visitation Info

GDC – Pulaski State Prison – Visitation

VISITATION DAYS / HOURS:

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