The Georgia Department of Corrections protects and serves the public by managing offenders and helping to provide a safe and secure environment for the state’s residents. GDC is one of the largest prison systems in the U.S., supervising nearly 52,000 offenders in multiple facilities statewide. This includes 34 state prisons and 36 other detention and correctional support facilities. A number of these prison facilities are reaching the end of their useful life and the GDC is interested in replacing some of the existing aging facilities with a new state prison. The new Intake Facility is envisioned as a modern facility with the capacity to house 2,100 beds including general diagnostic population, supportive, infirmary, and other specialty housing in a high efficiency sophisticated state owned and operated prison capable of meeting the changing needs within the correctional environment for the next 20 years. The facility is envisioned to be designed and constructed specifically to meet the needs for Georgia Department of Corrections and to provide all prison services to include housing, administration, programming spaces, general education, vocational educational, medical, intake, laundry, kitchen, etc. The facility will also include a firing range and a helicopter pad.
