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:1510
OPENED:1989/1959
SECURITY LEVEL:CLOSE
RENOVATED: 1989

VISITATION DAYS / HOURS:

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

MISSION:

Valdosta State Prison: Our mission is to protect the public by maintaining custody of close security offenders while providing academic and vocational education, mental health/mental retardation services and specialized evidence 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.

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 554 General Population beds. Of those beds, 100 are designated as Residential Substance Abuse Center beds.

WORK DETAILS

Valdosta State Prison and Annex inside details: Orderlies, Grounds Maintenance, Horticulture, Laundry, Food Service, Trash, Aides, Barbers and Maintenance. The Annex provides the following outside details: Correctional Industries, Department of Transportation, City of Valdosta, (1 detail), Lowndes County (3 details), Valdosta State Prison (2 details), Department of Transportation (Weigh Station), Valdosta Police Department, City of Adel and Maintenance (Outside Institution).

• SPECIAL MANAGEMENT UNIT
• OPEN DORMITORY
• CORRECTIONAL INDUSTRIES
• SINGLE CELLS
• CLOSE
• CANINE UNIT
• TACTICAL SQUAD
• CERT TEAM
• RESIDENTIAL SUBSTANCE ABUSE PROGRAM

PROGRAMS:

• Academic: General Education Diploma, Adult Basic Education, Literacy Remedial, Special Education, Monthly Correspondence Course Work
• Substance Abuse: Substance Abuse Ed., Alcoholics Anonymous/Narcotics Anonymous, Residential Substance Abuse Center, Matrix Early Recovery, Matrix Relapse Prevention
• Counseling: Motivation for Change, Re-Entry, Family Violence, Moral Recognition Therapy, Health Awareness, Thinking For a Change, Victim Impact, Lifers Program, SOPP, Career Center in Media Center
• Recreation: General Recreation, Intramural Sports
• Religious Activities: Various Worship Services, Bible Study, Spiritual Enlightenment, Faith & Character Based Program, KAIROS, Gospel Choir
• Vocational/OJT: Barbering, Custodial Maintenance, Dorm Orderly, Laundry & Warehouse Orderlies, Food Service, General Office Clerk, Paint Detail

DIRECTIONS:

Take I-75S 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.