Locate Decatur County Correctional Institution Inmates

Decatur County Correctional Institution Overview

Decatur County Correctional Institution, also called Decatur County Prison or DCCI, is located at 1153 Airport Road in Bainbridge. The official county page for Decatur County Prison lists Warden Gordon Screen, Jr., Deputy Warden Anita Johnson, phone 229-248-3035, and a visitation schedule for weekends and holidays. The facility is operated by Decatur County Government under contract with the Georgia Department of Corrections, so it should be described as a state-inmate county correctional institution rather than an ordinary pretrial jail.

DCCI holds lower-level and lower-risk Georgia state inmates capable of work details, along with inmates sentenced through State Court according to the local county page. The county says more than 225 state inmates and State Court sentenced inmates are housed there, while the 2021 PREA audit gives dated facility-characteristics numbers from that audit period. Both source sets are useful, but they should not be blended into one undated population claim.

The matching manifest image comes from the county's DCCI page at decaturcountyga.gov/decatur-county-prison-dcci.

The local county page is especially important because it gives the facility's public safety warnings for inmate work crews, a detail that does not belong on the Decatur County Jail or Bainbridge Substance Abuse Center pages.

Decatur County Correctional Institution Capacity and Population

The 2021 DCCI PREA audit lists a designed capacity of 382, a current population field of 129, an onsite first-day population of 142, and a 12-month average daily population of 155. It describes a male population, age range 20 to 59, minimum and medium security, no youthful inmates, 39 staff with inmate contact, 6 contractors, and 2 volunteers. The same audit describes one building with six inmate housing units, six open-bay dorms, and ten segregation or isolation cells.

The county page reviewed in 2026 says DCCI currently houses more than 225 state inmates and State Court sentenced inmates. That local number may reflect a later date or a different population description than the 2021 PREA audit. Use the date and source context when comparing the figures.

How to Look Up an Inmate at Decatur County Correctional Institution

Use the Georgia Department of Corrections Find an Offender page for DCCI rather than the Decatur County Jail roster. Georgia's offender search is the correct channel for sentenced state prisoners and GDC-supervised custody. The county jail roster is for current Spring Creek Road jail bookings, not Airport Road DCCI inmates.

1. Open GDC Find an Offender and accept the Internet Services Disclaimer when prompted.
2. Search by name, GDC ID, case number, age, or other identifying information when available.
3. Confirm the listed facility or custody location because a Decatur arrest can move from county jail to GDC custody after sentencing.
4. Verify important details through GDC or DCCI before making travel, mail, or money decisions.

The GDC locator source is also captured in the manifest at gdc.georgia.gov/offender-info/find-offender.

GDC warns that its online information should be verified, including by written correspondence with Inmate Records and Information in Forsyth when a formal record is needed.

Decatur County Correctional Institution Address and Contact

Use the Airport Road address when contacting DCCI or planning a visit. Do not use the Spring Creek Road jail address for this facility. The county page lists the main phone at 229-248-3035, and the 2021 PREA audit also lists agency phone 229-248-3035. The audit identifies Gordon Screen as warden/director and includes a separate warden telephone, but the public-facing facility number remains the practical starting point.

Visiting Someone at Decatur County Correctional Institution

The county DCCI page publishes the most specific local visitation schedule located in the research: 11:45 a.m. to 3:45 p.m. on Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays. The same page says exceptions may be made at the warden's discretion. Because DCCI is a correctional institution, visitors should confirm approval, identification, clothing, arrival time, and any current restriction with the facility before traveling to Airport Road.

This schedule should not be applied to the Decatur County Jail or Bainbridge Substance Abuse Center. Each facility in Bainbridge has its own custody purpose, address, and access channel.

Mail, Phone, and Money at Decatur County Correctional Institution

The research did not locate a DCCI-specific public mail-format table, deposit-fee schedule, phone-rate page, or package rule separate from the state correctional context. Because DCCI houses GDC-supervised inmates under contract, use Georgia Department of Corrections friends-and-family guidance for contacting offenders, sending money, and packages, then confirm facility-specific handling with DCCI. Do not use Decatur County Jail's JailATM personal-mail address or ICSolutions phone instructions for DCCI unless the facility confirms they apply.

Admission and Transfer at Decatur County Correctional Institution

DCCI admission is not the same event as street-arrest booking at the county jail. A person arrested in Decatur County may first appear on the Decatur County Jail booking search. If that person is later sentenced to state custody or otherwise placed in a GDC-supervised setting, the county jail roster may no longer be the right record. At that point, the GDC locator and DCCI contact line become the better tools.

The 2021 PREA audit describes DCCI as a facility for lower-level and lower-risk inmates capable of working and accepted into that program. It also describes indirect supervision, video monitoring, mirrors placed throughout the facility, grievance and suggestion boxes in housing-unit dayrooms, and grievance forms and writing utensils available on request. Those details are specific to DCCI and should not be generalized to the county jail.

About Decatur County Correctional Institution

DCCI has a distinctive local role because some inmates are assigned to guarded crews for labor and maintenance at county buildings, job sites, roadsides, and the landfill. The county warns citizens, county employees, and family members not to interact with inmate crew members. It says the public should not have personal conversations, physical contact, unauthorized transportation, business transactions, or one-on-one contact with inmates, and should not provide contraband such as phones, magazines, pictures, money, food, drink, cigarettes, alcohol, drugs, or other items.

The county identifies DCCI inmates by orange shirts and white pants with a blue stripe. If an unsupervised inmate is at large off county property and is not accompanied by a blue-uniformed corrections officer, the county instructs the public to call 911 immediately. The county page also says Decatur County receives about $20 per day per inmate from GDC to feed, clothe, and house them at the facility.

PREA materials give additional facility context. DCCI reports sexual-abuse and sexual-harassment allegations to the GDC PREA Unit monthly, aggregates data at least annually, and the audit identifies outside support and forensic-service access through Lily Pad SANE Center. Those PREA points are facility-operation details, not a public lookup substitute.