Additional Information

  • CONSTRUCTED: 1987
  • CAPACITY: 112
  • OPENED: 1987
  • SECURITY LEVEL: MEDIUM

MISSION:

Provide housing for state and county offenders and a general labor force supporting Athens-Clarke Unified County Government.

HOUSING:

Three dormitories with a total of 110 beds. Four Isolation and Segregation cells and infirmary with one bed.

WORK DETAILS:

Provides labor pool for various departments of the Athens-Clarke County Unified Government, the Georgia State Patrol and the Northeast Georgia Police Academy.

  • OPEN DORMITORY
  • MEDIUM

PROGRAMS:

  • Academic: General Education Diploma
  • Counseling: Alcoholics Anonymous/Narcotics Anonymous, Motivation For Change, Re-Entry
  • Recreation: General Recreation
  • Religious Activities: Various Worship Services, Bible Study

DIRECTIONS:

Take Highway 78E to Athens. Highway 78 becomes Broad Street. Go past the University of Georgia. Broad Street then becomes Lexington Road. After two miles, turn left onto County Farm Road. Athens-Clarke County Correctional Institution is on the left across from Thornton Plaza.