Search Autry State Prison Offenders

Autry State Prison Overview

The GDC Autry State Prison page lists Autry as a state prison for adult male felons at medium security. It was constructed and opened in 1992 and renovated in 1998. The facility is in Pelham, and GDC describes its mission as ensuring public safety while effectively housing offenders in a safe and secure facility. Autry is not run by the Mitchell County Sheriff's Office.

Autry's role in Mitchell County is unusually broad. It houses general population medium-security offenders because of sentence, offense, or behavior. It also has specific mental-health, transitional, and accommodated-living missions. Those missions make Autry different from the Justice Center, which is used for local arrests and pretrial detention, and from MCCI, which is a county correctional institution with state and county work details.

Autry State Prison Capacity

GDC lists Autry State Prison with capacity for 1,698 offenders. The official page does not publish a current daily population figure in the research material, so the sourced number to use is capacity rather than a claimed live count. The facility has capacity for 650 Level II mental-health inmates, a 96-bed in-house transitional unit, and a 42-bed accommodated living unit. It is also the host facility for Bainbridge Probation Substance Abuse Treatment Center.

Autry State Prison Lookup

Autry State Prison inmate lookup runs through GDC Find an Offender or the direct GDC offender query. Do not call the Mitchell County Jail to search Autry unless the question concerns a recent transfer from the county jail. GDC records are the proper statewide source for sentenced state prisoners, including people assigned to Autry or another Georgia prison after sentencing.

1. Open the GDC offender search page and review the disclaimer.
2. Search by full name, GDC ID, case number, age, or other available identifiers.
3. Check the current facility field for Autry State Prison.
4. Use written GDC verification if the record will be relied on for a formal purpose.

Autry Records Limits

GDC offender records are state-prison records. They do not replace Mitchell County court files, jail booking records, or prosecutor records. A person can be booked at the Justice Center, appear in court, and later transfer to GDC custody at Autry, MCCI, or another prison. The GDC profile usually reflects the sentenced-custody side of that path, while the county jail and court offices hold the local arrest and case paperwork.

GDC says its search information is provided without warranty and should be verified by written correspondence with Inmate Records and Information, P.O. Box 1529, Forsyth, GA 31029. That caution matters for release dates, facility assignment, sentence details, and similar-name matches. For custody notification, Georgia VINELink / VINE may help where data is available, but it is not a certified prison record.

Autry records also differ from county jail mugshot and booking records. GDC search may display a photo if available, but that is a state-prison offender photo, not proof that the person is currently in the Mitchell County Jail or that a county booking photograph is public. If the question is about the charge filed after an arrest, the court record is the better source. If the question is about prison assignment, GDC is the right source.

Autry State Prison Visits

Autry uses GDC state-prison visitation, not the sheriff jail's remote-video-only model. The official GDC location page lists visitation on Saturdays, Sundays, and state holidays from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM. Visitors should confirm current approval, scheduling, ID, dress, search, and contraband rules with Autry before travel. State prisons can change visitation due to security, staffing, discipline, illness, or holiday operations.

Autry Mail Phone Money

The research confirms Autry's physical address, phone, fax, and P.O. Box mailing address, but it does not provide a local commissary fee schedule or a page-specific deposit table. Because Autry is a GDC state prison, families should use current GDC and facility instructions for mail format, approved property, phone accounts, and money deposits. Do not use Mitchell County Jail's Keefe Commissary or ICSolutions instructions for Autry unless GDC or Autry specifically confirms the route.

Autry Prison Programs

Autry has a wide program list in the GDC source. Academic options include GED, ABE, and literacy remedial education. Counseling and re-entry programs include Re-Entry Skills Building, Lifers Group, Family Violence, Health Awareness, Matrix Early Recovery Skills, Matrix Relapse Prevention, Moral Reconation Therapy, Thinking for a Change, Alcoholics Anonymous, Narcotics Anonymous, and Motivation for Change. The facility also lists Faith and Character programming, recreation, leisure skills, worship services, Bible study, and an inmate choir.

Vocational and on-the-job training options include footwear manufacturing, food preparation, barbering, laundry, office clerk, basic computer, career guidance clerk, automobile detail, painting, sanitation, library aide, and horticulture. Work details include Autry grounds and maintenance, a Correctional Industries boot plant, and a 10-man unit fire station. The facility also houses a CERT team, a Tactical Squad, and a Fire Station.

The mental-health and accommodated-living missions are a major part of Autry's identity. The GDC source lists Level II mental-health beds, transitional housing, and accommodated living, which are not ordinary county-jail service categories. Families should use facility and GDC contacts for program, housing, and medical-access questions because those topics can involve privacy rules, classification decisions, and treatment limits that are not handled through public offender search.

Autry Travel Notes

GDC directions route travelers south on I-75 to Exit 99, then through the GA-FLA Parkway / GA 300 route toward Albany, Highway 19 South into Mitchell County, and Mount Zion Church Road just past mile marker 9. Autry State Prison is approximately one mile on the right after the turn. The prison is in Pelham, while the sheriff's Justice Center and MCCI are in Camilla, so the correct destination should be checked before travel.

That travel distinction is practical. A wrong stop in Camilla can cost enough time to miss a prison check-in window, and state-prison entry rules are stricter than a routine county office visit. Bring only allowed items, be prepared for search procedures, and call Autry when there is any doubt about holiday visitation, approval status, or the inmate's current housing assignment.

For readers trying to separate a recent county booking from a state-prison assignment, the Mitchell County Jail facility page covers the local phone and open-records custody process.