Autry State Prison

Autry State Prison mission statement is to provide a secure and safe facility and effectively house
offenders. The facility is classified as a medium level prison, where inmates are housed depending on
the severity of their crimes.

The facility comes with a capacity for at least 650 Level II Mental Health Inmates, with an additional 96-
bed transitional unit and a 42-bed living unit. There is also a single dormitory which has four bunk
dormitories, each with 38 double bunks. There are also around six buildings with two living units, each
with at least 990 beds.

The facility also houses a tactical squad, fire station and C.E.R.T team.

There are a couple of program's inmates can expect to interact with while at the facility, including
Academic programs such as GED, ABE, and literacy remedial education. In addition, counselling services
are also available at the facility where inmates can acquire some re-entry skills, family violence, health
awareness, matrix early recovery skills, AA, and narcotics anonymous.

If you are looking to visit the facility, you can use the I-75S to Exit 99, GA-FLA /GA 300, to Cordele. Head
right until you see a traffic light and turn right on Highway 19 South to Mitchell County.

Visiting Hours at the Autry State Prison

If you have a loved one or a friend at the Autry Facility, you can take a visit between Saturdays and
Sundays and State Holidays between 9:00 am and 3:00 pm.

Before visiting, you should first apply for the visit and have your application approved. The application
helps the security department carry out an effective background search on the applicant to ensure they
pose no risk to the facility's security.

Apart from physical visits, the facility allows for video visits, which have been especially helpful during
the pandemic. The video visits are through the JPay app, with visits lasting up to about 30 minutes, each
costing around $3.95.

Rules for Visiting the Facility:

All visitors must bring a valid identity card or any other verifiable and acceptable document, including a
passport or an army id.

Visitors can also bring around $20 in coins to be used at the vending machines.

Visitors will not be allowed to ring in any food or drinks except for baby formula or store-bought
products for babies.
Expect to be searched before gaining access to the facility. The search may be by metal detectors or
physical searches by prison security. All electronic devices should be left in the car or the lobby of the
prison.

There are certain rules as to how visitors will dress while visiting the facility. For one, shoes are a must
for all people who can stand and walk. TIn addition, the types of shoes allowed

Female visitors will be expected to wear undergarments and skirts not more than two inches below the
knees. Males, on the other hand, should wear full-length trousers and shirts. Some prohibited garments
include any clothes that expose the shoulders or chest area, including straps and vests.

Tube tops are also a no go zone, plus any clothes that expose the midriff area. Any transparent clothes
are also prohibited, so are shorts, tank tops and any suggestive clothing.

To be on the safe side, always dress as if you are going to meet your grandparents.

Inmate Search at Autry Prison

You have a couple of options when it comes to searching for an inmate you think may be held at the
Autry Prison. You can check the facilities prison website or the state website. If you cannot go online for
the search, you have the option of calling the facility and making an enquiry about the inmate.

The Georgia Department of Corrections is the agency responsible for keeping all inmate records. For you
to access the information, there are several details you may need to know about the inmate, including:

 The inmate’s names

If you are about to carry out an internet search, you will first have to log in to one of the inmate search
databases. You will then be required to input some information, including the inmates' name and id.
You will then click on the submit button, and a page will appear where you can search for the specific
inmate.

After you find them, you can click on their name and access some extra information about the inmate,
including their release date, the reason for incarceration and more.

Sending Mail and Packages to Autry Prison

Inmates at the Autry Prison will have the liberty to send and receive as much mail as they want. The
prison authorities understand the value of the exchange of mail to the temperament of the inmate. Due
to the hardships and loneness experienced while incarcerated, mails help an inmate get the view of
what’s happening o the outside.

Inmates are also allowed to receive certain packages, which include letters, books and magazines.

It is worth noting that all mail and packages coming into the prison will be subject to security checks that
will be subject to confiscation if they contain any contraband.

Some of the prohibited materials at the prison include:

 Perfumes
 Drawings
 Crayons
 Sexual and obscene material
 Glitter
 Staples
 Stickers

All books and magazines will be required to be sent in from the publisher. In case you decide to send the
books personally, you should expect a return to your address.

All books sent to the facility must also be paperback as hardcover books may be used as weapons inside
the prison.

Ensure you add the inmate's name and id on the mail and the package to ensure it goes to the right
person.

In case you decide to send packages over, you require the following address:

3178 Mount Zion Church Road

PO Box 648, Pelham, GA, _31779

Sending Money

Inmates each have a commissary account to deposit money to be used for purchase at the facility
canteen. For example, inmates can purchase stamps, stationery snacks etc. there are a couple of ways
you can deposit money into an inmate’s account, including lockbox, EFT, cheques or walk-ins.

Lockbox is one of the ways you can send money to an inmate’s account. The great thing about the
service is that it is free. It also comes with a more efficient system, as it holds the money for a lesser
time before it gets deposited into the inmates' account.

Electronic Money Transfer

 JPay
 GTL/Connectnetwork
 Keefe

You can also write a cheque and send it to the prison. As long as you have the address correct and the
cheque does not bounce, it will end in the inmates' account. However, this is the slowest method to get
money to the inmate and may take 30 days to get the money into the inmate's account.

Making Phone calls

Phone calls are a great way to get some immediate contact with friends and loved ones. At the Autry
State Prison, inmates are allowed to make phone calls, either collect or prepaid calls, at certain times of
the day, subject to certain rules.

Inmates should expect to have limited time on the phones, which are all designated at certain times of
the day.

All phone calls will be monitored and may be recorded for security purposes.

Inmates have the choice of making prepaid calls or collect calls. For prepaid calls, inmates will have to
have some money in their phone accounts deposited by their loved ones.