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Muscogee County Correctional Institution Overview

Muscogee County Correctional Institution is listed by the Georgia Department of Corrections as a county correctional institution and is operated by the Columbus Consolidated Government. Local pages also call it Muscogee County Prison. It is not the county jail, and it should not be searched through the Tyler Jail Search unless the person also has a separate county jail jailing record. The facility address is 7175 Sacerdote Lane, Columbus, GA 31908, and the main facility phone is 706-641-5800.

GDC identifies the facility as a medium security setting for adult male felons. Local research describes a work-prison model, with inmates assigned to outside work details and internal service crews. That mission makes the facility different from Muscogee County Jail, where most searches begin after local arrest, booking, or pretrial custody. At the correctional institution, the key lookup question is whether the person is in GDC-linked sentenced custody or a reserved county-sentenced bed.

The Muscogee County Prison home page describes the local prison mission, the work-prison history, and the Columbus Consolidated Government role.

That local source helps explain why the correctional institution has work-detail facts that do not apply to the county jail roster.

Muscogee County Correctional Institution Capacity

GDC lists Muscogee County Correctional Institution with a capacity of 528. Local prison pages also say the facility is contracted to hold 528 state inmates and reserves 48 beds for county inmates sentenced to short terms. The physical layout is specific: two pods, twelve dormitories, 48 beds in each dormitory, 20 isolation or segregation cells, and two medical cells. Those figures are facility capacity and housing facts, not a live daily head count.

The local What We Do source says that each day about 425 inmates are dispatched to outside work details and around 150 remain inside to provide services and maintain city property. Those counts describe daily work assignments in the Muscogee County Prison model. They should not be confused with Muscogee County Jail average daily population, which is a separate county jail measure.

Look Up Muscogee County Correctional Institution Inmates

Use the Georgia Department of Corrections Offender Query for Muscogee County Correctional Institution inmate lookup. GDC says the offender search is for offenders currently in a GDC facility, and its form can show photographs when available. The GDC form includes a "Most Recent Institution" dropdown that may list Muscogee County CI and Muscogee County Jail, but the GDC path is still the state offender channel. It is not a live county jail roster.

The Georgia DOC Offender Query is the direct search form for active or inactive state offender records.

The GDC search form is the right starting point when a person has moved from local jail custody into state or GDC-linked correctional custody.

1. Open the GDC Offender Query form, not the Tyler county Jail Search.
2. Search by first name, last name, GDC ID number, case number, or other available filters.
3. Use the "Most Recent Institution" field only as a filter aid, not as proof of current custody by itself.
4. Open the offender result and check the institution, status, offense, and identifying details.
5. If a record needs official confirmation, follow GDC's written verification route to Inmate Records and Information.

Muscogee County Correctional Institution Contact

The correctional institution phone line is for facility-level questions about visitation, local rules, mail, and money-order routing. Parole date questions do not stay with the local prison office. The local general information source routes parole questions to the Georgia Department of Corrections or the Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles. For statewide offender concerns, GDC also lists an inmate concerns and questions phone line in its offender-search source notes.

Muscogee County Correctional Institution Visitation

The local Muscogee County Prison general information page gives a specific visitation window. Visiting hours are Saturday 9:00 am to 3:00 pm or Sunday 9:00 am to 3:00 pm, not both. The source also says each visitor may bring $20 in quarters. Because this is a correctional institution rather than the county jail, visitors should confirm approval status, the correct day, identification rules, dress expectations, and any change in schedule before traveling.

The Muscogee County Prison general information page lists visitation hours, the quarters rule, money-order instructions, and parole contact routing.

The posted general information source is more specific than the county jail visitation record, which did not publish a public schedule in the inspected sheriff pages.

Muscogee County Correctional Institution Money

Money-order instructions for Muscogee County Correctional Institution are different from the county jail's JailATM scanning and deposit path. If mailing a money order to an inmate at the correctional institution, include the inmate's name and state or county number. The money order address in the local source is Muscogee County Prison, P.O. Box 84041, Columbus, GA 31908-4041. Use the facility phone line before sending funds if the inmate number or current location is unclear.

Mail and money routing should match the facility where the person is actually held. A jail inmate on a Tyler jailing record may need the Muscogee County Jail mail rules. A sentenced offender at Muscogee County Correctional Institution needs the prison's money-order instructions and GDC-linked lookup path. Mixing those systems can delay or misdirect funds.

Muscogee County Correctional Institution Intake

Intake at this facility should be understood as prison assignment and classification after sentencing or transfer, not street-arrest booking. A new arrest in Columbus usually begins with local jail custody and a Tyler jailing record. After conviction or sentencing, custody may shift to a GDC-linked facility such as Muscogee County Correctional Institution. The GDC offender record then becomes the better public lookup path, especially for an adult male felon assigned to medium security or work-prison custody.

GDC fields can include first and last name, gender or sex, race, age range, most recent institution, offense, conviction county, active or inactive status, result format with or without photos, records per page, GDC ID number, and case number. If the offender query shows a confusing institution history, confirm the current location before arranging a visit or sending a money order.

About Muscogee County Correctional Institution

GDC says Muscogee County Correctional Institution was constructed and opened in 1997. The local Muscogee County Prison source says Muscogee County Government and the Columbus Consolidated Government have operated a work prison for more than 145 years, with the mission phrase "Justice and Service to the Community." The local page also states the inmate capacity grew by 106 percent after the 1997 move, with full population realized in November 1997.

The facility's work-prison model is central to its public role. Local research says about 425 inmates are dispatched to outside work details each day, while around 150 remain inside to provide services and maintain city property. Security descriptions include open dormitory, minimum, medium, and CERT Team references. The facility is a local correctional institution with state supervision, not a sheriff-run arrest jail. For current county arrest custody, start with Muscogee County Jail instead.