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At each facility, the Department has a full-time Private Prison Monitor onsite that oversees the facility's operations to ensure that all contract conditions are met and that the facility operates with a continuous focus on sanitation, safety, and security. Offenders housed at these facilities work on full-time details and are afforded the opportunity to participate in a wide variety of educational classes and counseling programs. \n \nGEORGIA \nDEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS \nMISSION \nThe Georgia Department of Corrections protects the public by operating safe and secure facilities through the development of professional staff and effective offender management. \nTimothy C. Ward, Commissioner Ricky Myrick, Chief of Staff Ahmed Holt, Assistant Commissioner Facilities Division \n \nCORECIVIC \nBACKGROUND \n Full-service corrections management provider  Specializes in the design, construction, expansion and \nmanagement of prisons, jails and detention facilities as well as inmate transportation services through its subsidiary company TransCor America \n \n Fifth largest corrections system in the nation  Oversees more than 80,000 inmates  Owns more than 60 facilities through the United States  Partnerships with the Federal Bureau of Prisons, U.S. Marshals \nService and Immigration and Custom Enforcement \n \nCORECIVIC OWNS AND OPERATES THE FOLLOWING THREE FACILITIES \n \nCoffee Correctional Facility, Nicholls \n Opened in 1998  Male, medium-security facility  Maximum population by contract is 2,628  Maximum capacity by bed space is 2,992  Initially accredited by the American Correctional (ACA) and \nthe Medical Association of Georgia (MAG) in 2000, and as required thereafter  Memorandums of Understanding (MOU) for emergency assistance are maintained with multiple state and private facilities. MOUs are also maintained with local law enforcement, fire departments, and hospitals in Coffee and Bacon counties  Staffing at the facility: Command/Command Post- 6 duty officers, SORT members- 18, Training- 1 LDM, \u0026 multiple certified instructors, Transport- 8, Certified Officers- 242, DOC staff (Contract Monitor)- 1  Inmate programs offered: GED, Ashland University courses that offer Associate's and Bachelor's degrees, Computers, Wiregrass Technical College courses that offer degrees in Welding and Diesel Mechanics, CDL, Electrical, Masonry, Threshold Faith-Based Program, Canine Program, and various Risk Reduction groups mandated by the state.  Community impact: Employs 400 citizens from Coffee and surrounding counties \n \nJenkins Correctional Facility, Millen \n Opened in 2012  Male, medium-security facility  Maximum population by contract is 1,150  Maximum capacity by bed space is 1,226  Accredited by ACA and Federal PREA certification  MOU for emergency assistance maintained with Wheeler \nCorrectional Facility, Coffee Correctional Facility, Rogers State Prison, Smith State Prison, Coastal State Prison, Georgia State Prison, Montgomery State Prison, and Augusta State Medical Prison. The MOU is also maintained with law enforcement, fire departments, and hospitals in Jenkins County  Staffing at the facility: Command/Command Post- 4 duty officers, SORT members- 11, Training- 1, Transport- 6, Certified Officers- 123, DOC staff (Contract monitor)- 1  Inmate programs offered: GED, computers, plumbing, Threshold Faith-Based program, Second chance greyhounds, Go Further, and various Risk Reduction groups mandated by the state  Community impact: Employs 211 citizens from Jenkins and surrounding counties \n \nCONNECT WITH US! \n \n PRIVATE PRISONS \nC O R E C I V I C continued \nWheeler Correctional Facility, Alamo \n Opened in 1998  Male, medium-security facility  Maximum population by contract is 2,638  Maximum capacity by bed space is 3,101  MOU for emergency assistance maintained with Coffee Correctional Facility, Jenkins Correctional Facility, and McRae Correctional Facility. The \nMOU is also maintained with law enforcement, fire departments, and hospitals in Wheeler and surrounding counties  Accredited by ACA and MAG  Staffing at the facility: 394.5, Command/Command Post- 6 Duty Officers, SORT Members- 18, Training- 2, Transport- 8, Certified Officers- 230, \nDOC staff (Contract Monitor)- 1  Inmate Programs Offered: GED, ABE, Literacy and Remedial Reading (LRR), Carpentry, Masonry, Plumbing, Horticulture, Welding and Joining \nTechnology, Diesel Truck Maintenance, Auburn Canine Program, OJT Program, Ashland University, Brewton Parker College, Law Library Services, Higher Ground, Moral Reconation Therapy (MRT), Thinking For a Change (T4C), Motivation for Change (M4C), Reentry Skills Building, Matrix Relapse Prevention, Art Skills, Veterans Appreciation Dorm, Lifer's Program, Problem Solving Program, Alcoholics Anonymous, Sex Offender Program, Victim Impact, Go Further  Community Impact: Employs 400 citizens from Wheeler and surrounding counties \n \nINFORMATIONAL HIGHLIGHTS \n \nTHE GEO GROUP \nBACKGROUND \n Established in 1984  The world's largest leading provider of corrections, detention and \ncommunity reentry services  First fully-integrated equity real estate investment trust \nspecializing in the design, development, financing and operation of correctional, detention and community reentry facilities worldwide \n \n Owns 98 facilities with 79,000 beds  Oversees 18,000 employees around the globe  Locations of facilities: United States, United Kingdom, Australia \nand South Africa  First state contract was established in 1987 with California \n \nTHE GEO GROUP OWNS AND OPERATES THE FOLLOWING FACILITY \nRiverbend Correctional Facility, Milledgeville \n Opened December 12, 2011, on state-owned land  Male, medium-security facility  Maximum population by contract is 1,500  Maximum capacity by bed space is 1,588  Accredited by ACA and MAG  Staffing at the facility: Duty officers- 7, Training- 1, Transport- 2, Correctional Officers- 176, DOC staff (Contract monitor)- 1  Inmate programs offered: GED, Adult Basic Education, Literacy Remedial Reading, reentry, special education, T4C Pre-release, M4C, MRT, PIC \nprogram, computer technology, HVAC and administrative office, and support specialist  Community impact  Employs 304 citizens from Baldwin and surrounding counties \n \n "}],"pages":{"current_page":1,"next_page":null,"prev_page":null,"total_pages":1,"limit_value":10,"offset_value":0,"total_count":1,"first_page?":true,"last_page?":true},"facets":[{"name":"type_facet","items":[{"value":"Text","hits":1}],"options":{"sort":"count","limit":16,"offset":0,"prefix":null}},{"name":"creator_facet","items":[{"value":"Georgia. 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