Johnson State Prison Offender Lookup

Johnson State Prison Overview

Johnson State Prison is located at 290 Donovan-Harrison Road, Wrightsville, GA 31096, and is operated by the Georgia Department of Corrections. The GDC facility page lists the main phone as 478-864-4100, fax as 478-864-4104, and mailing address as PO Box 344, Wrightsville, GA 31096. It is a medium-security state prison for adult male felons. It is not a Johnson County Sheriff's Office jail, and a person housed at Johnson State Prison may have no current entry on the Johnson County Jail roster.

GDC describes the facility as housing Level II and III mental-health inmates, geriatric inmates, ADA wheelchair inmates, two RSAT centers, and a release-site function for sex offenders. The facility was constructed in 1991, opened in 1992, and renovated in 2001 and 2002. GDC housing details include supportive living units, geriatric and wheelchair units, general population and Level II mental-health units, RSAT units, an isolation/segregation unit, a fire station, single cells, open dormitory space, a faith-and-character-based dorm, and supportive or assisted living units.

The GDC Johnson State Prison facility page is the official source for prison contact details, capacity, facility mission, visitation, work details, and programs.

Johnson State Prison Capacity and Population

Johnson State Prison has two sourced capacity references. The GDC facility page lists a capacity of 1,612. The Johnson State Prison PREA Cycle 4 audit lists a designed capacity of 1,576, current population of 1,492, prior-12-month average daily population of 1,496, and day-one onsite audit population of 1,532. Because the GDC page and PREA audit use different capacity figures, the most accurate presentation is to keep the source labels visible rather than forcing a single number.

The PREA audit also reported no over-capacity period in the prior 12 months. These figures describe the state prison only. They should not be added to Johnson County Jail population totals, and they do not describe the local pretrial jail population. The county jail and the state prison are separate custody systems with separate public lookup tools, records, visitation rules, mail rules, and money procedures.

How to Look Up an Inmate at Johnson State Prison

The correct search tool for Johnson State Prison is the Georgia Department of Corrections offender locator. Do not use the Johnson County Jail roster as the primary tool for this prison. The county roster is for local jail custody and recent county bookings, while GDC covers sentenced Georgia offenders and certain state custody records. A Johnson County arrestee may start on the county roster and later appear in GDC after sentencing or transfer.

1. Open the GDC offender locator and pass through the public disclaimer gate.
2. Search by last name and first name, or use GDC ID number or case number if one is known.
3. Use filters such as gender, race, age, conviction county, active/inactive scope, or Most Recent Institution when needed.
4. Open the profile and confirm whether the Most Recent Institution is Johnson State Prison before relying on prison contact or visitation details.

The GDC search can show offender name, major offense, current or most recent institution, photo if available, physical descriptors, GDC ID, conviction county, sentence information, incarceration history, and maximum possible release date. GDC cautions that its information should be verified through written correspondence with Inmate Records and Information, PO Box 1529, Forsyth, GA 31029. A maximum possible release date is not guaranteed actual release because parole, clemency, credits, and other sentence calculations may affect the final date.

The GDC offender-search form is the state-level lookup channel for Johnson State Prison and other Georgia prison institutions.

Johnson State Prison Address and Contact

Use the GDC facility contact information for Johnson State Prison visitation, prison mail, prison money, program, and custody questions. The prison sits near the same Wrightsville address corridor as the Johnson County Jail, but it is not operated by the sheriff and does not follow local jail operating rules.

Visiting Someone at Johnson State Prison

Johnson State Prison has a documented prison visitation schedule and GDC systemwide approval rules. The facility-specific GDC page lists visitation on Saturdays, Sundays, and all state holidays from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM. Segregation visits are Wednesday only. Visits must be scheduled at least 48 hours in advance by contacting Vickie Williams, Secretary for the Chief of Security, at 478-864-4100.

GDC's broader visitation process requires visitors to be approved through a visitation request form sent to the current facility. Supporting documents can include photo ID, marriage license, birth certificate, and notarized consent forms when required. All visitors apply regardless of age. The GDC scheduling process allows online portal requests from Monday at 5:00 AM through Wednesday at 5:00 PM for that week, visits can last up to two hours, and up to four approved visitors may visit at one time.

The GDC visitation page explains the visitor approval process and supporting documentation.

Mail, Phone, and Money at Johnson State Prison

Johnson State Prison mail and money rules come from GDC. The prison mailing address is PO Box 344, Wrightsville, GA 31096. The GDC offender handbook says mail may be inspected, privileged mail is inspected in the inmate's presence, inmate-to-inmate correspondence is limited unless immediate-family status and both wardens' approval apply, and electronic mail follows regular mail policy. Mail rules can change, so confirm current addressing and content limits with the facility before sending anything time-sensitive.

For money, GDC requires the sender to be on the recipient's approved visitor or sender list. Documented GDC options include JPay online, mobile, and phone payments, a phone agent at 800-574-5729, MoneyGram cash payments using Georgia DOC receiver code 6857, and money order or lockbox options. GDC notes that money orders may take up to two weeks for mail and processing.

The GDC send-money page documents the approved sender requirement, payment channels, and example fees.

Intake and Classification at Johnson State Prison

Johnson State Prison is not a street-arrest booking desk for Johnson County. People generally enter the state prison system after conviction, sentencing, transfer, or GDC placement. The relevant public record is the GDC offender profile, not a county booking entry. That profile may show major offense, most recent institution, conviction county, sentence details, incarceration begin and end history, and maximum possible release date. Formal court disposition still belongs in court records, while prison custody status belongs in GDC records.

If someone was recently arrested in Johnson County and cannot be found in the GDC locator, search the Johnson County Jail roster first. If the person was sentenced to state custody or transferred from a local jail, GDC may become the correct channel after intake and record updates. If the person is in federal custody, use the Bureau of Prisons locator for federal sentenced prisoners, and if the person may be in immigration custody, use ICE ODLS. Those systems are fallback searches, not local Johnson State Prison tools.

About Johnson State Prison

GDC lists Johnson State Prison work details with Johnson County and the Department of Transportation. Education and programming documented in the research include literacy remedial services, GED, adult basic education, RSAT, Motivation for Change, Faith and Character Based programming, sex-offender psychoeducational programming, reentry, behavior stabilization, family violence programming, Thinking for a Change, relapse prevention, Moral Reconation Therapy, mental-health programming, religious activities, recreation, and vocational or on-the-job training programming.

The Johnson State Prison PREA Cycle 4 audit was the strongest high-authority facility-conditions source located. It supplied designed capacity, population, average daily population, day-one onsite population, and no over-capacity period in the prior 12 months. No official source turned the prison into a county jail facility, and no official Johnson County source made GDC visitation or money rules applicable to local jail inmates.