Georgia Department of Corrections

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ADDRESS:
3259 VALTECH ROAD
PO BOX 310/ PO BOX 5367
VALDOSTA, GA 31603
PHONE:(229) 333-7900 / (229) 245-6450
FAX: (229) 333-5387 / (229) 245-6586
POPULATION:ADULT MALE FELONS
CONSTRUCTED: 1988/1956
CAPACITY:870/316
OPENED:1989/1959
SECURITY LEVEL:CLOSE
RENOVATED: 1989

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. Also, maintain custody of close security offenders while providing academic & vocational education, mental health/mental retardation services and specialized evidenced based counseling programs. The Annex protects the public by maintaining custody of medium and minimum security offenders while providing outside work details to the community. The Georgia Correctional Industries Chemical Plant, located on the grounds of the Annex, manufactures cleaning supplies for prisons throughout the Department. Host facility for Homerville SP, Lowndes Unit, Patten PDC and Valdosta TC.

HOUSING:

Valdosta State Prison consists of 10 General Population units with 500 beds, six Mental Health units with 264 beds, 25 Isolation beds plus 12 Acute Care Unit beds and four Crisis Stabilization Unit beds. The Annex contains 298 General Population beds.

WORK DETAILS

VSP and Annex Inside details: Orderlies, Grounds Maintenance, Laundry, Trash, and Maintenance. The Annex provides the following outside details: Correctional Industries, Department of Transportation, Georgia State Patrol, City of Valdosta (3 details), Lowndes County (2 details), Cook County, Valdosta State Prison (2 details), Department of Transportation (Weigh Station), Valdosta Police Department, Mobile Construction and Maintenance (Outside Institution).

• SPECIAL MANAGEMENT UNIT
• OPEN DORMITORY
• MINIMUM
• CORRECTIONAL INDUSTRIES
• SINGLE CELLS
• MEDIUM
• CANINE UNIT
• TACTICAL SQUAD
• CERT TEAM

PROGRAMS:

• Academic: GED, ABE, Literacy, Remedial, Special Education, Monthly Correspondence Course Work, Education Combination & Phonics Class
• Counseling: Re-Entry, P4L, Family Violence, MRT, Violence & Substance Abuse, Health Awareness, T4C, Victim Impact, Lifers Program, Music & Art Therapy, AA/NA
• Recreation: General Recreation, Intramural Sports
• Religious Activities: Various Worship Services, Bible Study, Spiritual Enlightenment, Faith & Character Based Program, KAIROS, Gospel Choir
• Vocational/OJT: Barbering, Building & Custodial Maintenance, Dorm, Laundry, & Warehouse Orderlies, Food Service, General Office Clerk, Paint Detailer, Horticulture, Aides

DIRECTIONS:

Take I-75 south to Exit 18 in Valdosta. Turn right onto Hwy 133. Take the first street on the right; Valdosta State Prison follows the Annex on the left.