Central State Prison

• CONSTRUCTED: 1978 
• CAPACITY:1153
• OPENED: 1978
• 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. Houses general population and Mental Health Level III offenders. This facility also operates a Correctional Industries Garment Factory. Facility is a central tool, vehicle storage and warehouse for the Offender Construction Division. Sex Offender Release Site. Host facility for the Macon Transitional Center.

HOUSING:

Six living units each, containing four pods. Each pod has 12 two-man cells. Half of one unit contains 24 Isolation/Segregation beds. 141 beds are reserved for Mental Health Level III. A separate "fast track" unit houses 288 general population offenders in four open dormitories with 72 beds per dorm. This facility also houses a C.E.R.T. Team and a Canine Unit.

• OPEN DORMITORY
• SINGLE CELLS

WORK DETAILS:

Correctional Industries, Mobile Construction

PROGRAMS:

• Academic: Literacy/Remedial, Adult Basic Education, General Education Diploma Preparation
• Counseling: Alcoholics Anonymous/Narcotics Anonymous, Motivation for Change, Thinking for a Change, Case Management, Individual Counseling, Family Violence, Moral Reconation Therapy, Lifer's Confronting Self Concept, Health Awareness
• Recreation: General Recreation, Wellness Program, Special (Mental Health/Mental Rehabilitation) Recreation
• Religious Activities: Various Worship Services, Pastoral Counseling, Religious Education
• Vocational/OJT:Carpentry, Plumbing, Building Maintenance, Correctional Industries Garment Manufacturing

DIRECTIONS:

Take I-75S to I-475S/GA-408 South and exit #177 towards Valdosta. Travel 11.5 miles. Take Exit #3 for US-80 toward Macon/Roberta. Turn right onto US-80 West/Eisenhower Pkwy/Georgia 22 West. Travel 1.6 miles and turn left onto Fulton Mill Road. Travel 1.5 miles and Central State Prison is on the left.