Wilcox State Prison Inmate Search

Wilcox State Prison Overview

Wilcox State Prison is operated by the Georgia Department of Corrections at 470 South Broad Street, Abbeville, GA 31001. The official GDC facility page lists the phone as (229) 467-3000 and the fax as (229) 467-2380. The mailing address is P.O. Box 397, Abbeville, GA 31001. GDC describes the prison as a medium-security facility serving adult male felons. It was constructed in 1993 and opened in 1994, and the GDC page says it is the host facility for Turner Residential Substance Abuse Treatment Facility.

This prison should not be confused with Wilcox County Jail. A person arrested in Abbeville, Rochelle, Pineview, Pitts, or elsewhere in Wilcox County may start in the county jail, especially before trial or bond. A person sentenced into GDC custody is searched through the GDC Offender Query. The state-prison page is also where statewide GDC rules for visitation approval, mail, Securus phone calls, JPay money, MoneyGram, and Union Supply packages become relevant.

The official GDC Wilcox State Prison facility page gives the main prison facts, including capacity, mission, housing, visitation hours, programs, work details, and directions.

That facility page is a prison-information page, not a roster by itself. Use it together with the GDC locator when confirming whether a specific offender is assigned to Wilcox State Prison.

Wilcox State Prison Capacity and Population

Wilcox State Prison has several sourced capacity and population figures, and the differences should be preserved rather than forced into one number. The GDC facility page lists capacity as 1,827. The 2025 PREA Cycle 5 audit lists designed capacity as 1,838, current population as 1,830, and 12-month average daily population as 1,829. The GDC May 2026 Profile of All Inmates lists Wilcox State Prison with 1,838 active male inmates. The PREA audit also reports a custody breakdown of 30 minimum, 1,321 medium, and 497 close custody inmates.

How to Look Up an Inmate at Wilcox State Prison

Use GDC Offender Query for Wilcox State Prison, because this is sentenced state custody. The county jail phone path is still useful if a person was just arrested in Wilcox County and has not been transferred, but it is not the main lookup route for a state-prison offender. GDC says the search can find an offender currently in a GDC facility and may show state ID or EF number, crime, tentative parole month, incarceration location, and photo if available. GDC also warns users to verify information by written correspondence with Inmate Records and Information at PO Box 1529, Forsyth, GA 31029.

1. Open the Georgia Department of Corrections Offender Query.
2. Search by partial last name and first name, or use a GDC ID number or case number if known.
3. Use filters such as gender, race, age range, active or inactive scope, and most recent institution when the name is common.
4. Confirm the current institution field shows Wilcox State Prison before using the visitation, mail, phone, or money rules for this facility.

The GDC Find an Offender page and related FAQ note that transfer dates are not provided because of security concerns. If a Wilcox County arrest recently became a GDC sentence, allow for intake and transfer timing, and use written GDC verification when a locator record appears unclear. For custody or parole notification rather than a public offender search, Georgia V.I.P. is the state victim-information program tied to GDC, the State Board of Pardons and Paroles, and the Department of Community Supervision; the research lists its hotline as 1-800-593-9474 and notes that callers can use a GDC ID or six-digit case number.

The locator screenshot is relevant to Wilcox State Prison because it is the official statewide entry point for Georgia state-prison custody, including records assigned to this Abbeville prison.

Wilcox State Prison Address and Contact

Use the prison phone for facility-level questions and the GDC locator for offender search. The physical address and mailing address are not the same. Mail should use the prison's mailing address and the offender's name and GDC number as required by GDC, while in-person travel and directions use South Broad Street.

The 2025 PREA audit names Warden Micheal Thomas, PREA Compliance Manager Kelly Dunagan, and Health Service Administrator Steven Crawford of Team Centurion. Later GDC press releases in 2026 name Tracey Jackson as Deputy Warden of Care and Treatment and Jimmy Kellom as Deputy Warden of Security. Staff titles can change, so facility-level staff questions should be confirmed through GDC.

Visiting Someone at Wilcox State Prison

Wilcox State Prison uses the GDC state-prison visitation process. The GDC facility page lists visitation hours from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM on Saturdays, Sundays, and state holidays. Statewide GDC visitation rules require visitor approval before visiting. GDC states that visitor application forms are mailed to the facility, email forms are not accepted, and supporting documents or consent forms may be required. Confirm the schedule, appointment process, visitor status, dress code, ID rules, and any restrictions before traveling.

The GDC visitation page explains statewide approval and scheduling basics for state-prison visits.

Use the statewide page for process rules, then confirm the Wilcox State Prison schedule and any local restrictions before leaving for Abbeville.

Mail, Phone, and Money at Wilcox State Prison

GDC publishes statewide rules for contacting and supporting state-prison offenders. For mail, use the offender's name and GDC number and the Wilcox State Prison mailing address, P.O. Box 397, Abbeville, GA 31001. For phone calls, GDC identifies Securus Technologies as the offender phone provider. GDC notes that calls may be monitored and recorded, no call forwarding or three-way calling is allowed, and the offender generally must have numbers on an allowed call list. Securus customer service is listed in the research as 1-800-844-6591.

GDC sample JPay fees in the research are $3.50 for $0.01 to $20, $5.00 for $20.01 to $100, and $6.50 for $100.01 to $300. JPay phone transfers use (800) 574-5729. MoneyGram is listed with receiver code Georgia DOC 6857 and a sample fee of $4.95 up to $5,000. GDC also lists a money order or lockbox route, with money-order processing possibly taking up to two weeks. The GDC send-money page is the controlling statewide source for current payment rules.

GDC package rules in the research identify Union Supply food package orders through Georgia Inmate Package online, mail to Union Supply, phone at 1-855-247-0563 or 1-562-361-5719, or fax at 1-310-603-1188. The listed state-prison package limit is $100 or 15 pounds, with $2.95 shipping and handling.

Admission and Classification at Wilcox State Prison

Wilcox State Prison is not a street-arrest booking facility for local charges. A person usually reaches GDC custody after conviction, sentencing, and state-prison assignment. GDC then controls classification, housing, transfer, visitation approval, mail, phone, money, and program access. The PREA audit describes a large facility with men or boys ages 18 to 99, minimum, medium, and close custody counts, open dormitory housing, isolation cells, and segregation cells. The GDC page says the facility houses medium-security general population inmates who may not be suitable for a county facility due to offense or physical limitations.

Because transfer details can be security-sensitive, a record may show current location without explaining exact movement timing. If a Wilcox County case recently ended in a state sentence, check the GDC locator and, where needed, verify by written correspondence with GDC Inmate Records and Information.

About Wilcox State Prison

GDC reports that Wilcox State Prison was constructed in 1993 and opened in 1994. Housing details from the research include four-and-one-half buildings with cell and dormitory housing, 22 isolation cells, 24 double-bunked segregation cells, a C.E.R.T. Team, Tactical Squad, and Fire Station. Work details include maintenance, general labor, food service, grounds maintenance, Georgia Department of Transportation, laundry and custodial maintenance, Fire Station, Cordele Contract Detail 1 and 2, Farmers Market Contract Detail, and Abbeville City Contract Detail.

GDC programs at Wilcox State Prison are substantially documented. Academic programs include GED, Adult Basic Education, English as a Second Language, Literacy, and Remedial Reading. Counseling includes Motivation for Change, Thinking for a Change, Alcoholics Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous, Moral Reconation Therapy, Re-Entry, Matrix Early Recovery Skills, and the Sex Offender Psycho-Educational Program. Religious activities include worship services and counseling. Vocational and on-the-job training includes Food Preparation, Teacher Aide, Barber, Warehouseman, and Laundry.

The 2025 PREA Cycle 5 audit found 4 standards exceeded, 41 standards met, and 0 standards not met. Exceeded standards were supervision and monitoring, inmates with disabilities and limited English proficiency, hiring and promotion decisions, and inmate education. Recent official GDC reports also mention contraband arrests or incidents near Wilcox State Prison in 2024, and GDC leadership press releases in 2025 and 2026 named Micheal Thomas, Tracey Jackson, and Jimmy Kellom in prison leadership roles.

GDC directions say to take I-75 South to Exit 101 for Cordele, Abbeville, and Highway 280, take GA-280 east about 30 miles to Abbeville, turn right onto US-129 at the traffic light, cross the bridge, and find Wilcox State Prison on the left. The source text has a corrupted fraction after the turn, so no missing distance is added here.