Georgia Department of Corrections

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ADDRESS:
PO BOX 397
470 SOUTH BROAD STREET
ABBEVILLE, GA 31001
PHONE: (229) 467-3000 / FAX: (229) 467-2380
POPULATION: ADULT MALE FELONS
CONSTRUCTED: 1993
CAPACITY:1700
OPENED:1994
SECURITY LEVEL:MEDIUM

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 general population offenders who may not be suitable for a county facility due to their offense or physical limitations. Host facility for Turner PRC.

HOUSING:

Consists of four and one-half buildings with 96 double-bunked cells each. Three housing units consist of four open dormitories, two housing approximately 48 per dorm and the other housing approximately 94 per dorm. There are 22 isolation cells and 24 double-bunked segregation cells.

WORK DETAILS

Maintenance, General Labor, Food Service, Grounds Maintenance, Georgia Department of Transportation Contract Details, Laundry and Custodial Maintenance, Fire Team, city Contract Detail.

• OPEN DORMITORY
• MINIMUM
• FIRE STATION
• SINGLE CELLS
• MEDIUM
• CERT TEAM

PROGRAMS:

• Academic: GED, ABE, ESOL, Literacy
• Counseling: M4C, Corrective Thinking, Family Violence, Victim Impact, AA/NA, MRT, P4L, Re-Entry
• Recreation: General Recreation
• Religious Activities: Various Worship Services Counseling
• Vocational/OJT: Food Preparation, Teacher Aide, Barber, Warehouseman and Laundry

DIRECTIONS:

Take I-75 south to Exit 101, Cordele/Abbeville/Hwy 280 and exit onto GA-280 east. Travel approximately 30 miles to Abbeville to the traffic light and turn right onto US-129. Travel approximately ½ mile, go across the bridge and Wilcox State Prison is on the left.