Colquitt County Correctional Institution Overview
Colquitt County Correctional Institution, also called Colquitt County Prison on the county website, is a county correctional institution under Georgia Department of Corrections supervision. GDC lists it as a medium-security, open-dormitory facility for adult male felons. The county page names Billy Howell as warden and describes the mission as housing inmates according to court-ordered confinement while providing work and rehabilitation programs.
This facility must not be described like Colquitt County Jail. The jail is the local pretrial and county custody point for recent arrests. Colquitt County Correctional Institution is the state/county prison track for adult male offenders who have moved beyond the new-booking stage. Its work details support Colquitt County Government through road maintenance, skilled machine operation, county government building maintenance, and building construction.
The GDC facility profile is the primary public source for Colquitt County Correctional Institution's capacity, housing, and program facts.
The profile supports the state-prison lookup routing for this facility. It does not replace the county jail contact path for a same-day arrest.
Colquitt County Correctional Institution Population
GDC lists the facility capacity as 190. The 2024 PREA audit gives the strongest facility-specific population data: designed capacity 190, current population 183, and average daily population of 187 for the prior 12 months. The audit also stated that Colquitt County Correctional Institution had not been over capacity during that 12-month period. Those numbers should be kept separate from Colquitt County Jail figures, which measure a different population.
The PREA audit also described the facility as male, with an age range of 19 to 60, custody levels from minimum to medium, and no youthful inmates. It listed 19 staff with inmate contact, 11 contractors authorized to enter, and one volunteer authorized to enter. These facts are useful for understanding scale, but they are not a daily live inmate roster.
| Facility fact | Documented detail | Source note |
|---|---|---|
| Security | Medium; open dormitory | GDC profile |
| Housing | Four 55-bed dormitories and 12 isolation cells | GDC profile |
| Current population | 183 | 2024 PREA audit |
| Over capacity in prior 12 months | No | 2024 PREA audit |
Colquitt County Correctional Institution Lookup
Use GDC Find an Offender for Colquitt County Correctional Institution. GDC is the statewide corrections search for sentenced and state-supervised offenders. It is not the sheriff's live booking list, and it should not be used as the first source for a person arrested in Colquitt County earlier the same day. For this facility, however, the GDC locator is the correct public search path.
- Open GDC Find an Offender and search by last name and first name, or by GDC ID number if known.
- Use the Most Recent Institution filter if the form shows COLQUITT COUNTY CI or another Colquitt facility option.
- Use Conviction County if the person was sentenced from Colquitt County but might now be assigned elsewhere.
- Check active and inactive records when the custody status or release history is unclear, then verify important facts with GDC or the institution.
| GDC field | Use | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Last Name / First Name | Name search | Partial matching is supported by the research inventory |
| Most Recent Institution | Facility narrowing | Statewide list includes Colquitt County CI |
| Conviction County | County case narrowing | Statewide county list includes Colquitt County |
| GDC ID Number | Identifier search | Useful when name spellings vary |
Colquitt County Correctional Institution Contact
The county prison page and GDC profile both list the same main phone, while fax numbers differ by source. The GDC profile gives the mailing address as a post office box. The county page gives public office hours and states that the department is closed on major holidays. Use the facility's posted phone before mailing documents, scheduling a visit, or choosing a Pay Tel facility option.
Colquitt County Correctional Institution
200 South Vadenberg Drive
Moultrie, GA 31738
229-616-7490
Office hours posted by county page: 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday-Friday, closed major holidays.
Mailing Address
PO Box 339
Moultrie, GA 31776
Fax: 229-616-7492 or 229-668-8377
Confirm inmate name and GDC number formatting before sending mail.
Colquitt County Correctional Institution Visitation
The research did not locate a facility-specific public visitation schedule for Colquitt County Correctional Institution. Because the institution is a correctional institution under GDC supervision, visitation should be treated as a prison-style process that may require approval, scheduling, valid ID, and facility rule checks. Pay Tel's facility selection includes Colquitt County Prison, but local visit windows and rates were not captured.
| Visit item | Posted local detail | Action |
|---|---|---|
| In-person schedule | Not published in located county/GDC pages | Call 229-616-7490 |
| Video visitation | Pay Tel facility list includes Colquitt County Prison | Confirm account setup, rates, and local windows |
| Approval and ID | State/county institution rules must be checked | Ask the institution before travel |
| Privileged visits | No public local schedule located | Use facility-approved legal or clergy process |
Do not use county jail visitation assumptions for Colquitt County Correctional Institution. A state-supervised correctional institution can control visitor approval, canceled sessions, identification rules, and legal visit handling differently from the jail.
Colquitt County Correctional Institution Mail Money
GDC lists mail for Colquitt County Correctional Institution at PO Box 339 in Moultrie. The research did not capture a local mail-format rule, book rule, postcard rule, or legal-mail procedure, so those details must be confirmed with the institution. Pay Tel can be used for phone or video account setup where the facility participates. Commissary Deposit is linked by the sheriff page for inmate money, but local fees for the county prison were not captured from the vendor flow.
| Service | Provider or address | Documented detail |
|---|---|---|
| PO Box 339, Moultrie, GA 31776 | GDC mailing address; confirm inmate formatting | |
| Phone / video | Pay Tel | Facility list includes Colquitt County Prison |
| Money deposit | Commissary Deposit | Requires facility and inmate information; local fee not captured |
| Messaging | Inmate Inbox | Vendor pricing captured for text and picture messages, but facility use should be confirmed |
Colquitt County Correctional Institution Programs
Programs make the correctional institution page different from the county jail page. GDC lists GED, personal and self-growth counseling, Motivation for Change, general recreation, worship services, choir, and vocational or on-the-job training. The vocational list is specific: food service, heavy equipment operation, building, auto maintenance, laundry, electric, and air conditioning. The county page also describes counseling, academic education, library, chaplaincy, and recreation.
Work details are a central part of the facility mission. GDC says Colquitt County Correctional Institution supplies a general labor force for Colquitt County Government through road maintenance, skilled machine operators, county building maintenance, and construction. That mission supports local government operations while providing structured work assignments for eligible offenders.
- County jail
- Local custody for recent arrests, pretrial detention, and county jail sentences.
- County correctional institution
- A state-supervised county prison setting for adult male offenders, work details, and programs.
- GDC locator
- The correct public search tool for state-sentenced or state-supervised offenders.
About Colquitt County Correctional Institution
GDC lists Colquitt County Correctional Institution as constructed or opened in 1954 and renovated in 1991. The facility's housing plan includes open dormitories and isolation cells, and the 2024 PREA audit reported 44 standards met, one exceeded, and zero not met. That finding should be read as a PREA sexual-safety compliance result, not as a broad promise about every facility condition.
The institution sits in the same general Vandenberg Drive corridor as the sheriff and jail campus. GDC directions describe travel from I-75 south to Tifton, then US-319 to Moultrie and the US-319 bypass, with the prison on the bypass between State Routes 33 and 37. For anyone comparing facilities, the key point is custody type: jail custody begins with the sheriff, while Colquitt County Correctional Institution uses GDC's offender search and prison-style procedures.
Note: Confirm current custody, visit approval, and mail format with Colquitt County Correctional Institution before sending money or traveling.