Georgia Department of Corrections

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ADDRESS:
650 MT VERNON/ALSTON ROAD / POST OFFICE BOX 256
MT. VERNON, GA 30445
PHONE:(912) 583-3600 / FAX: (912) 583-3667
POPULATION:ADULT MALE FELONS
CONSTRUCTED: 1972
CAPACITY:384
OPENED:1972
SECURITY LEVEL:MEDIUM
RENOVATED: 1996

VISITATION DAYS / HOURS:

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

MISSION:

Ensure public safety and effectively house offenders while operating a safe and secure facility by housing medium security and below general population offenders in support of Correctional Industries and outside details. Host facility for Treutlen PDC.

HOUSING:

Consists of six dormitories in the main building, all with 64 beds each. There are eight isolation and eight two-man segregation cells and a fire department with ten beds.

WORK DETAILS

Department of Transportation, Montgomery County, City of Mt. Vernon and the Correctional Industries Upholstery Plant. The prison also operates an extensive poultry and egg producing plant for the Food and Farm division.

• CORRECTIONAL INDUSTRIES
• OPEN DORMITORY
• MINIMUM
• FIRE STATION
• MEDIUM

PROGRAMS:

• Academic: GED, ABE, LRR, Title 1
• Counseling: Family Violence, Victim Impact, TOPPSTEP, Re-Entry Skill Building, Thinking & M4C, AA/NA
• Recreation: General Recreation
• Religious Activities: Worship Services, Choir Bible Study, Religious Music
• Vocational/OJT: Food Preparation, Barber, Farm Worker, Custodial Maintenance, Grounds Keeper, Laundry Worker, General Office Clerk, Fork Lift Operator, Warehouse, and Correctional Industries-Upholstery

DIRECTIONS:

Take I-75 south, then I-16 to Exit 67, Hwy 29 South. In Soperton, take Hwy 221 to Mt. Vernon. Continue on Hwy 221. After the Mt Vernon Cemetery, turn left on the first paved road, Mt. Vernon Alston Road and Montgomery State Prison will be 1½ mile on the right.