‍The Spalding County Correctional Institution Strives To Operate A Safe and Secure Facility.  We Provide Services To Citizens of Spalding County With The Use Of State Inmates While Providing Healthcare, Education and Job Skills To the Inmate Which Reduces Recidivism With A Team of Dedicated And Professional Staff.

The original Spalding County Correctional Institution (C.I.) began as a “work camp” in 1952 on the site of the present-day Spalding County Public Works Department, just down the road from our present location which was built in 2001.  The Spalding County Correctional Institution (SCCI) serves to meet the workforce needs of local governments while fulfilling a contractual obligation to the Georgia Department of Corrections by providing safe and secure housing for approximately 225 inmates in compliance with all applicable policies and procedures.  We are governed by the Spalding County Board of Commissioners through the County Manager and also by the standard operating procedures of the Georgia Department of Corrections. 

There are approximately 65 inmate details with about 150 medium or minimum-security state inmates assigned to work inside Spalding County. The inmates support Public Works, Water Authority, Parks and Recreation, Animal Control, Construction and Maintenance, Senior Center Kitchen and Meals on Wheels Program, Griffin-Spalding County School System, Georgia State Patrol posts in Griffin and Thomaston, Ga., Griffin Police Department, Griffin City Cemetery, City Water Department, City Motor Pool, and Henry County Public Works. The majority of these “outside” work details are responsible for cutting grass and picking up trash on county roads, fixing or replacing road signs on county roads, laying asphalt, repairing some bridges, digging and cleaning out ditches, preparing ball fields, keeping local parks clean, working in the automotive and maintenance shops and providing janitorial services to many local government buildings. We have an Inmate Fire Squad consisting of 10 inmates certified by Spalding County Fire Services to assist in protecting citizens and property of Spalding County.  A minimum number of inmates are assigned to “inside” details such as the laundry, kitchen, barber shop and dorm orderlies.

State inmates at a county camp are low risk offenders within a few months or years of their release from prison. To that end, the Georgia Parole Board places requirements on inmates about certain classes and groups that they either must attend to satisfy some parole requirements or that they can elect to attend in order to help themselves.  SCCI offers the following classes for inmates: G.E.D. preparation classes with Southern Crescent Technical College (SCTC) and Three Rivers Regional Commission Workforce Services, MRT, Moral Reconation theory; Re-entry skills classes, and Motivation for Change and Religious services. 

The Spalding County Correctional Institution also provides On The Job training program through Central Ga. Technical College in landscaping, cooking, baking, janitorial services, small engine repair, sign fabrication, mechanics and laundry services. Additionally, a certificate program in Welding is available to qualified inmates through a partnership with Southern Crescent Technical College and Three Rivers Regional Commission Workforce Services.