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To find someone released from Decatur County Correctional Institution, use the Georgia state-offender path before the county jail roster. DCCI holds state and county offenders in Bainbridge, so the right record depends on whose sentence the person served. A Decatur County Correctional Institution release may lead to parole, probation, sentence discharge, another correctional location, or a local court status. This guide explains how to check the statewide offender record, verify a release through GDC, and identify the supervision or court source that documents what happened after the person left DCCI.

DCCI Written Verification Details

A precise verification request should distinguish custody release from sentence discharge. Custody release can mean the person left DCCI for parole, another facility, or another authority. Sentence discharge means the controlling sentence term ended. Ask GDC which status and date its record supports. Include the GDC ID, full legal name, date of birth, DCCI confinement period, and known court case.

The online offender search can change as locations and statuses update. Save the identifiers rather than relying on a screenshot alone. If parole is involved, compare the final status with the Parole Board source and DCS supervision route. If a county offender served time at DCCI, request the Decatur court sentence and completion entry as well. This layered check explains where the person went and which agency still controls the record.

Do not use the Southern Software county jail roster as proof of a DCCI release. Its Current Confinements and admission searches belong to the sheriff jail. The shared county name is the source of the confusion, not evidence that the two facilities use one database.

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DCCI State Release Paths

Decatur County Correctional Institution, also called Decatur County Prison, is a county correctional institution that works within Georgia's state corrections system. GDC describes DCCI as a minimum-security facility for adult male felons. It houses state and county offenders, so leaving the institution is not automatically the same event as release from Decatur County Jail. A state-sentenced person should be traced through GDC. A county offender may also require the local sentence and court file.

The possible next status includes release to parole, discharge at sentence completion, probation after a split sentence, transfer to another GDC site, or return to a local authority. Parole means supervised release before the full sentence expires. Probation is a court-ordered community sentence. Discharge means the relevant custody or supervision term has ended. Each status has a different record owner.

GDC-tracked release: a state correctional status change documented through the statewide offender record and corrections records office.

Confirm DCCI Release Status

Use the GDC offender search. An ID or inmate number is the best key. A name search can be narrowed by birth date, sex, race, descriptive data, or case information. Review the current location, status, sentence entries, photo if available, and any parole or pardon link. If DCCI is no longer shown, look for release, discharge, parole, or a transfer to another GDC location.

  1. Search the state offender record with the strongest identifier.
  2. Confirm the record matches the correct person.
  3. Compare the location and status with DCCI.
  4. Review sentence and parole-related fields.
  5. Request written verification when the date or status must be exact.

GDC warns that online information should be verified through Inmate Records and Information at P.O. Box 1529, Forsyth, GA 31029. An absent DCCI location can mean transfer, not release. The Decatur County release-record guide explains when a local court record should be added.

DCCI Records and Contact

Ask DCCI about the facility identity and current routing, then use GDC for a formal state release or discharge record. Supply the full name, GDC ID, date of birth, and approximate confinement dates. The GDC open-records portal states that the agency provides an initial response within three business days. Non-medical copies are listed at ten cents each, with search and redaction charged at the lowest-paid qualified employee's hourly rate.

Decatur County Correctional Institution
1153 Airport Road
Bainbridge, GA 39817
Phone: 229-248-3035
Fax: 229-248-3041
GDC call center: 404-656-4661

Some institutional, investigative, medical, personal, and security-sensitive material can be exempt or redacted. Ask for a narrow record such as release date, discharge status, transfer destination, or sentence-computation entry. A focused request helps the records custodian identify the public portion.

DCCI Dates Are Not Final

Georgia uses several release-date terms. A Tentative Parole Month, or TPM, is the month when the Parole Board expects to complete final review and may set release. It is not a guaranteed release date. Misconduct or an unmet program condition can postpone or cancel it. A PIC Date can allow an eligible offender to be considered earlier through Performance Incentive Credit, while MRD means Maximum Release Date.

GDC says eligible offenders may earn up to 12 months of PIC through satisfactory work, education, treatment, and conduct, subject to exclusions. The person may also be ineligible for parole under the sentence or offense category. Read the label shown in the state record and confirm it before treating any month or date as final.

A DCCI location change, TPM, PIC Date, and final discharge are four different facts.

DCCI Release Card Process

A state offender leaving DCCI may receive remaining account funds through the Georgia Release Card process. GDC says leftover funds on a released prisoner's books transfer to the card and gives JPay at 866-777-5729 for card assistance. This differs from the Prestige Money Card used by Decatur County Jail.

The card does not prove parole, sentence discharge, or freedom from another hold. It is a funds-delivery step. Use the GDC status, written release record, and supervision source to confirm the legal event.

DCCI Supervision After Release

The State Board of Pardons and Paroles makes parole decisions. The Department of Community Supervision handles field supervision for felony probationers and parolees. Decatur County is assigned to the Cairo field office at 240 2nd Avenue SE in Cairo. A person out of DCCI may therefore be out of prison while still subject to parole or probation.

Use the TPM lookup before release and the parolee or DCS route after release. A split sentence combines prison with a later probation term. If the state result is unclear, the sentencing order held by the appropriate clerk can explain whether supervision follows confinement.

DCCI Detainers and Transfers

A state release can be blocked or redirected by another valid hold. The GDC result may show that DCCI custody ended, but that does not prove the person entered the community. Confirm any transfer or detainer with GDC and the receiving authority. The same rule applies to parole plans that the Board has not finally approved.

Decatur County's immigration reports make detainers a documented local issue, but they do not establish that a particular DCCI offender was transferred to ICE. Use ICE ODLS only when the record or agency identifies an immigration handoff.

DCCI History and Work Details

The official GDC facility page documents the institution profile used for this release path.

GDC Decatur County Correctional Institution profile

The image confirms the state-facing identity that sends released-person research to GDC rather than the county jail feed.

GDC lists DCCI as opened in 1954 and renovated in 2000, with capacity for 375. Its five open dormitories include state and county offender housing, and the site also has isolation or segregation cells. Work details serve the road department, county landfill, and other county and state agencies. Programs include GED, Motivation for Change, worship, and customer-service vocational training.

This local history explains the two names. County pages still use Decatur County Prison, while GDC uses Decatur County Correctional Institution. Both refer to the Airport Road facility, not the sheriff's jail on Spring Creek Road. The name used by a caller should be checked before choosing the database.

The county lists visitation from 11:45 a.m. to 3:45 p.m. on Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays, subject to the warden's discretion. Those hours help confirm facility identity but do not establish release timing.

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