Washington State Prison Releases
Washington State Prison is a Georgia Department of Corrections facility. GDC identifies it as a medium-security state prison for adult male felons. A person leaving this prison is not a released Washington County jail detainee merely because the facility sits within the county. The controlling records are statewide GDC, parole-board, and supervision records.
A state-prison custody end can take several forms. Parole allows a person to serve the rest of an eligible sentence under community supervision. A maximum-release or sentence-end event may close prison custody on a calculated date. Discharge can mean the applicable sentence or supervision duty has ended. Transfer means the person remains confined elsewhere. These outcomes should not be collapsed into the single word “released.”
Where Prison Releases Go
A person released from Washington State Prison may return to the community with no active parole, enter parole supervision, or move into another legal custody status. The GDC record is the starting point. If parole is involved, the Georgia State Board of Pardons and Paroles provides a TPM lookup for a person still in prison and a Parolee Search for a person under parole or pardon status. The Department of Community Supervision handles field supervision.
| Possible outcome | Record to check |
|---|---|
| Still at Washington State Prison | GDC offender query and facility location |
| Tentative parole review | Parole Board TPM Lookup |
| Released on parole | GDC result, Parolee Search, and DCS |
| Maximum release or discharge | GDC offender and Inmate Records information |
| Transfer to another prison | Current GDC location |
DCS assigns Washington County to its Swainsboro field office. That fact matters only when the person’s supervision is tied to Washington County. A person released from Davisboro may live elsewhere and report to a different office. Facility location does not by itself select the post-release office.
Confirm Washington State Prison Release
The GDC Find an Offender overview describes searches by name, description, ID, or case number. The query application requires acceptance of a disclaimer and warns that an available photograph may appear automatically. Search with a GDC number when possible because names and dates can match more than one person.
- Open the GDC offender query and accept the agency disclaimer.
- Search by GDC ID, case number, name, or available descriptive fields.
- Compare identity, current location, status, sentence, charge, and release-date information.
- If parole may apply, compare the TPM or parolee record with the GDC result.
- For a result that must be relied upon, request verification from GDC Inmate Records and Information.
The offender query is the correct release route for this facility type. The county sheriff roster is not. GDC’s public wording focuses on people in its facilities, while other GDC material says the tool supplies location, charge, and release-date information. For a former prisoner or an unclear result, written verification is the sound fallback.
Washington State Prison Records
GDC’s search disclaimer directs users who need verification to Inmate Records and Information at P.O. Box 1529, Forsyth, GA 31029. A useful inquiry gives the person’s full name, GDC ID if known, date of birth or other permitted identifier, former facility, and the exact fact or existing document sought. The Davisboro prison can route facility questions, but statewide sentence and offender records belong with GDC.
When parole is involved, the record set is divided. The TPM tool concerns a person still under parole consideration. A TPM means the month in which the Board expects to complete final review and, if appropriate, set a parole release date. It is not final approval. After parole release, Parolee Search and DCS records can help confirm continuing supervision. Actual legal status should be verified with the agency responsible for that stage.
| Field or record | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Current facility | Where GDC presently reports the person |
| Release date or MRD | A state sentence or release-date field, subject to change |
| TPM | Parole final-review month, not a promise of release |
| Parolee status | Post-prison parole or pardon information |
| DCS office | Field-supervision routing after release |
Washington State Prison Contact
GDC’s facility page provides the prison address, telephone, fax numbers, and mailing address. Use the facility number for prison-specific operations. Use central GDC records for offender-history or sentence verification. Do not send a county-jail records request to this address.
Washington State Prison
Physical: 13262 Highway 24 East, Davisboro, GA 31018
Mail: P.O. Box 206, Davisboro, GA 31018
Phone: 478-348-5814
Fax: 478-348-5613 or 478-348-3025
GDC also lists 404-656-4661 for inmate concerns and questions on its location pages. A phone response may not serve as an official release record. For documentary confirmation, follow the offender-query disclaimer and contact Inmate Records and Information.
Washington State Prison History
The official Washington State Prison profile lists capacity at 1,548 and construction in 1991. Its opening history includes male populations in 1992 and 2005, with the profile also noting a female opening in the facility chronology. Today’s description is for adult male felons at medium security. These facts place the Davisboro site clearly within the state prison system.
The housing description includes eleven general-population dorms, isolation and segregation housing, and a 200-bed annex. GDC lists general-population men at minimum and medium security within its housing and program description. The size and state mission explain why a release here is traced through statewide offender records rather than a local sheriff’s booking feed.
The official GDC profile is shown below. Its screenshot provides facility context, which should be read as facility information rather than proof of any named person’s release.
The profile establishes the prison’s identity, custody type, location, capacity, and programs. Individual release confirmation still requires the offender and parole record paths.
Washington State Prison Transition
GDC reports an in-house transitional program at Washington State Prison. It also lists academic, counseling, recreation, religious, vocational, and on-the-job training categories. This local detail shows that pre-release programming exists within the prison, but it does not establish that every prisoner participates or that completing a program guarantees parole.
Release planning and release authority are separate. A transitional program may help prepare an eligible person for community return. The parole board still controls parole decisions, GDC controls prison records and sentence administration, and DCS controls active field supervision. Ask the relevant agency about a named person’s status rather than drawing a release conclusion from the facility’s program list.
Washington State Prison Release Dates
Georgia uses more than one date concept. GDC records may show a release date or Maximum Release Date. The parole board may show a Tentative Parole Month. GDC’s Performance Incentive Credit program says eligible offenders can earn up to 12 points, with a possible reduction of one to twelve months from a TPM or MRD. Credits, conduct, programs, court changes, and parole review can alter a projection.
Never read a TPM as a firm date. The Board may set a release date after final review, deny parole, or reconsider. A detainer, new legal process, or incomplete release condition can also affect what happens next. The actual custody change should be checked after it occurs. The Washington County release-date lookup separates county earned time from state MRD and TPM rules.
Prison and Jail Records Differ
Washington County Jail in Sandersville is the local facility for pretrial detainees, short county sentences, and people awaiting transfer. Washington State Prison in Davisboro holds state prisoners. The similarly named systems cause predictable search errors, especially because a GDC directory page titled Washington County Jail repeats the prison’s Davisboro contact details.
Use 733 Kaolin Road and the sheriff jail data for local jail custody. Use 13262 Highway 24 East and the GDC offender query for state prison custody. A person transferred from the jail to GDC crosses from one record system to the other. Search each system in sequence when the last known location is uncertain.