Contraband Arrests at GDC Facilities
The Georgia Department of Corrections does not tolerate contraband in any of our facilities. If an employee, volunteer, visitor, or offender in our facilities is found to have or be transporting contraband, they are arrested and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. This page contains information about contraband arrests in and around GDC facilities.
All Visitors and Employees are Rigorously Screened for Contraband.
Shakedowns and Arrests at GDC Facilities:
MORE THAN 349 CIVILIANS, 67 STAFF ARRESTED TO DATE
- 2/20/2012 - Contraband arrests at Multiple State Prisons
- 2/13/2012 - Contraband arrests at Rogers, Central, Telfair and Dooly State Prisons
- 1/30/2012 - Contraband arrest at Contraband arrests at Rome Probation Office, Telfair, Dodge, Wilcox, Rogers and Valdosta State Prisons
- 1/23/2012 - Contraband arrest at Rogers State Prison
- 1/17/2012 - Contraband arrests at Burruss CTC, Smith and Rogers State Prisons
- 1/9/2012 - Contraband Arrest at Telfair State Prison
- 1/3/2012 - Multiple Contraband Arrests at Hays, Smith, Hancock and Rogers State Prisons
- 12/28/2011 - Multiple Contraband Arrests
- 12/19/2011 - Contraband Arrests at Dooly and Wilcox State Prisons
- 12/05/2011 - Contraband arrests at GDCP, Rogers, Hays, Valdosta and Wilcox State Prisons
- 12/02/2011 - Contraband arrests at GDCP, Telfair, Washington, Rogers, Smith and Calhoun State Prisons
- 11/18/2011 - Multiple Contraband Arrests
- 11/03/2011 - Contraband Arrests at multiple State Prisons
- 10/18/2011 - Contraband Arrests at Rogers, Central and Macon State Prisons
- 10/06/2011 - Contraband Arrests at Baldwin, Smith and Hancock State Prisons
- 9/28/2011 - Contraband Arrests at Smith and Wilcox State Prisons
- 9/20/2011 - Contraband arrests at Dooly and Rogers State Prisons
- 9/14/2011 - Multiple Contraband Arrests
- 8/24/2011 - Contraband Arrest at Telfair State Prison
- 8/24/2011 - Contraband Arrest at Ware State Prison
- 8/17/2011 - Contraband Arrests at Smith and Rogers State Prisons
- 8/10/2011 - Contraband Arrests: Hays, Smith, Telfair and Valdosta State Prisons
- 7/27/2011 - Rogers State Prison Employee Arrested
- 7/26/2011 - Officers, Offenders, and Civilians Arrested at Multiple Locations
- 7/21/2011 - Johnson State Prison Inmates Sentenced for Contraband Possession
- 7/9/2011 - Contraband arrests at Phillips TC, Appling PRC and Rogers and Telfair State Prisons
- 7/5/2011 - Contraband arrests at Smith, Macon, Lee and Wilcox State Prisons
- 6/29/2011 - Contraband Arrest Near Hancock State Prison
- 6/21/2011 - Contraband Arrests at Ware and Hays State Prisons, and Central State Prison Work Site
- 6/06/2011 - Ten Contraband Arrests in Reidsville
- 6/01/2011 - Contraband Arrests at Wilcox and Lee State Prisons
- 5/24/2011 - Valdosta State Prison Arrest
- 5/18/2011 - Ware State Prison Arrests
- 5/10/2011 - Contraband arrests at Smith, Ware, Rogers, Telfair and Hays State Prisons
- 5/03/2011 - Arrests at Smith and Central State Prisons
- 4/26/2011 - Arrests at Baldwin, Hays, Macon, and Valdosta State Prisons
- 4/19/2011 - Arrests at Rogers, Valdosta and Smith State Prisons
- 4/12/2011 - Arrests at Telfair and Calhoun State Prisons
- 4/5/2011 - Coffee County Prison Arrest
- 3/31/2011 - CONTRABAND ARRESTS
- 3/29/2011 - Hays State Prison Employee Arrested
- 3/22/2011 - Contraband Arrests (Telfair and Hays State Prisons)
- 3/15/2011 - Arrest Made at Valdosta State Prison
- 3/08/2011 - Arrests at Ware, Hancock, Wilcox and Telfair State Prisons
- 2/28/2011 - Visitors arrested at Augusta, Rogers, and Hays State Prisons
- 2/21/2011 - Visitor Arrested at Autry State Prison
- 2/21/2011 - January Contraband Arrests Announced
- 2/9/2011 - Officer and Visitor Arrested
- 1/21/2011 - Visitors Arrested: Calhoun, Rogers and Telfair State Prison
- 1/7/2011 - Arrest at Georgia State Prison
- 1/5/2011 - Arrest Near Harris County Prison Work Detail
- 1/4/2011 - Arrests at Calhoun State Prison
- 12/29/2010 - Arrests at Georgia State Prison
- 12/28/2010 - Arrest at Hays State Prison
- 12/28/2010 - REQUEST FOR INFORMATION
- 12/24/2010 - Arrest Made at Augusta State Medical Prison
- 12/24/2010 - Arrests Made at Smith State Prison
- 9/18/2010 - Arrests Made at Smith State Prison
- 8/26/2010 - Arrest Made at Macon State Prison
- 8/22/2010 - Arrest Made at Washington State Prison
- 8/13/2010 - Correctional Officers and Employee Arrested
- 7/18/2010 - Arrests Made at Hays State Prison
Georgia Law O.C.G.A. 42-5-18 Regarding Contraband
If you bring contraband, including cell phones, into any GDC facility, you will be prosecuted. Georgia law (O.C.G.A. 42-5-18) requires a penalty of one to five years in prison for any individual who introduces this contraband into a prison facility, and/or provides these items to an offender, as well as to any offender found with any of these items in their posession while under incarceration.
