General FAQs

There is an interactive Facility Search on this website, which can be found here: GDC Facility Search. To find a facility, begin typing the name of the facility in the search bar. You can search for a facility using:

• the name of the facility
• the type of population served at a certain facility
• the address or zip code of a facility
• the type of security at a certain facility.

This search includes a detailed information sheet on state, private, and county prisons, Transitional Centers, Integrated Treatment Facilities, Residential Substance Abuse Treatment Facilities, Probation Detention Center, which can be obtained by clicking on the name of that facility in the search table.

We do not currently provide information sheets for county jails. You will not see additional information for county jail search results.

In addition, we also a comprehensive listing on our Facilities Operations page.

For information on Probation/Community Supervision, please visit the Georgia Department of Community Supervision website.

Yes! We provide comprehensive information on how to send money to an offender and/or make probationer payments on our website.

Unfortunately, due to security concerns, the Georgia Department of Corrections does not provide the date of offender transfers. To inquire as to an offender's status, you may check the Offender Search here. If you need more information after searching our online database, please Contact Us.

Job postings for Correctional Officer vacancies are posted at GDCJobs.com. Applications can be obtained at any GDC facility, the Georgia Department of Labor or at GDCJobs.com. Call the GDC Employment Services Unit with any application questions.

Check out GDC Jobs for the Vacancy Announcement and Application Form.

• An offender's state identification (or "EF") number?
• An offender's crime?
• An offender's tentative parole month?
• Where an offender is incarcerated?

This information can be obtained through our website under the Find an Offender search or directly from the offender.

If you are attempting to have the offender moved closer to you, you should have the offender make the request to his / her counselor in the prison. If you are trying to have the offender moved farther away, you should contact the Office of Ombudsman and Inmate Affairs Office.

Yes. Tours are available for schools (colleges/universities included) and organizations. Persons younger than 14 years of age will not be admitted into any institution, unless they are in an alternative school, in school suspension or on probation. No person under 12 years of age will be admitted to any prison at any time. Tour requests should be submitted to the Commissioner's Office by submitting the Request to Arrange a Guided Prison Tour Form via our Contact Us form.

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Try using ONLY the first four letters of the last name and instruct the query to return records for ALL offenders, not just the active ones. Please note that we currently do not publish records of offenders that were convicted and completed their sentence under Georgia's First Offender act.

The GBI Sex Offender site is not managed by the Georgia Department of Corrections. Please go to GBI's home page for assistance with this issue.

Many of the offender photos are either unavailable or have not been uploaded yet. We are adding new photos all the time, so check back occasionally to see if the photo you are looking for has been uploaded.

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Please email questions of a technical nature regarding the Georgia Department of Corrections website ONLY. Please direct any questions about website content, offender affairs, policy and procedure regarding this website or the Georgia Department of Corrections, and requests for general information to the address below. If you send non-technical questions to the webmaster, you will not receive a reply. The webmaster is not authorized to address issues of a non-technical nature.