Georgia Department
of Corrections

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ADDRESS:
3001 GORDON HWY
GROVETOWN, GA 30813
PHONE:(706) 855-4700 / FAX: (706) 855-4958
POPULATION:ADULT MALE FELONS
CONSTRUCTED: 1982
CAPACITY:1326
OPENED:1983
SECURITY LEVEL:CLOSE

VISITATION DAYS / HOURS:

HOURS: 9:00AM TO 3:00PM
DAYS: Alternated Visitation Days (Saturday A-L; Sunday M-Z); State Holidays

MISSION:

Ensure public safety and effectively house offenders while operating a safe and secure facility. Also, provide centralized acute and specialized medical services and Level IV Mental Health services for male and female offenders primarily as transients or outpatients and house severe medical cases. (Sex Offender Release Site) Host facility for Augusta Transitional Center.

HOUSING:

Four living units are divided into two separate units. Each has a support building that contains a multi-purpose room and a counseling office. One open dorm consisting of 519 beds with 192 beds designated for assisted living. Seven nursing units have a security control room, single patient rooms, seven bed Crisis Stabilization Unit and central dining hall along with an Acute Care Unit. Mental Health Support building utilizes dining area. Fast Track building is a 256 bed unit (double bunk).

WORK DETAILS

Georgia State Patrol, Georgia Department of Transportation Weigh Station, in-house maintenance and custodial details. Prison's mission limits availability of outside details.

• SEX OFFENDER RELEASE SITE
• SPECIAL MANAGEMENT UNIT
• DIAGNOSTIC UNIT
• OPEN DORMITORY
• MEDIUM
• CLOSE
• SINGLE CELLS
• TACTICAL SQUAD
• CERT TEAM

PROGRAMS:

• Academic: GED, ABE, and Literacy/Remedial
• Counseling: Motivation for Change, Thinking for a Change, Family Violence, Moral Reconation Therapy, Matrix Early Recovery Skills & Relapse Prevention, SOPP, Reentry Skill Building, Activity Therapy, TOPSTEPP, Specialized Groups for Mental Health
• Recreation: General Recreation
• Religious Activities: Various Worship Services, Bible Study, Prayer Group
• Vocational/OJT:Food Preparation, Barbering, Laundry Services, & Horticulture

DIRECTIONS:

Take I-20 East to Exit 190, approximately 138 miles. Turn right onto Horizon South Pkwy. Travel about two miles. You will pass Serta Mattress and John Deere Tractor plant. The next intersection is Wrightsboro Road. Continue through this intersection and onto Katherine Street. Follow this road about ¾ mile; it will end at Robinson Avenue. Turn left onto Robinson Avenue and at the next red light turn right onto Gordon Hwy. Travel .8 miles to the prison entrance and turn right before the railroad trestle.