Lookup Lee State Prison Offenders

Lee State Prison Overview

Lee State Prison is operated by the Georgia Department of Corrections. It is a state prison, not a county jail, and the research identifies its population as adult male felons in medium-security custody. The facility is physically in Leesburg and sits on the same Pinewood Road correctional corridor as the Lee County Criminal Justice Center, but the legal status of the people held there is different.

That distinction also separates GDC custody from the Lee County Sheriff's Office led by Sheriff Reggie Rachals. The sheriff's Citizen Connect Inmate Confinements roster and the county open-records routing page help with local jail records, but they do not replace the GDC offender locator for Lee State Prison.

GDC lists Lee State Prison as a host facility for Albany Transitional Center and as a transfer hub. The facility page states that the prison was constructed in 1978, opened in 1979, and renovated in 2002. Those history details are specific to the state prison and should not be applied to the Lee County jail next door.

The official GDC Lee State Prison page is the manifest source for the facility image and core prison details.

The GDC page supports the facility type, visitation hours, capacity, housing descriptions, programs, and directions used for Lee State Prison content.

Lee State Prison Capacity

GDC lists Lee State Prison with capacity of 762. Research did not locate a current official population count for the prison. A PREA audit source was signed January 26, 2026 and supports recent official facility context, but the research file did not treat an older population figure as current. The sound way to present the prison population is to use the sourced capacity and avoid guessing a live count.

Housing details from GDC are more specific than a simple bed count. The facility has 11 general-population units with eight rooms each containing six beds, two units with 24 rooms each containing four beds, an isolation or segregation unit with 16 cells and 32 beds, four wheelchair-accessible bunks, and 10 Fire Station beds for the offender fire team.

Search Lee State Prison Offenders

The correct locator is the GDC Offender Query. Georgia.gov and GDC both explain that county jail inmates should be searched at the county level, while sentenced offenders in GDC custody use the statewide offender search. Do not use Citizen Connect to search Lee State Prison unless the question is about a county jail transfer before a person entered GDC custody.

1. Open the GDC Offender Query and accept the GDC disclaimer to reach the search form.
2. Search by last name and first name, or use a GDC ID number or case number if known.
3. Use Most Recent Institution to narrow results when Lee State Prison is a likely match.
4. Open the offender result and confirm the current institution, identifying details, and active or inactive status.

The GDC Offender Query form is the image source for the state-prison lookup channel.

The form supports name, ID, institution, conviction county, offense, age, race, gender, active status, and photo-list controls for GDC custody searches.

Lee State Prison Contact

Use the GDC facility contact for state-prison questions, visitation confirmation, and facility-specific routing. Lee County Sheriff's Office staff do not operate Lee State Prison and cannot replace GDC custody confirmation. For written verification of GDC records, GDC also directs users to verify by correspondence with Inmate Records and Information in Forsyth.

Lee State Prison Visits

GDC lists Lee State Prison visitation on Saturdays, Sundays, and state holidays. State-prison visitation is not the same as jail lobby visitation. Visitors should follow the GDC Visit an Inmate process, including approval and facility-specific rules, before planning travel to Pinewood Drive.

Note: GDC visitation hours are sourced, but approval status and day-of-entry rules still need facility confirmation.

Lee State Prison Mail and Money

Mail, phone, video, and money services at Lee State Prison follow Georgia Department of Corrections statewide rules and vendor systems, not Lee County Sheriff's Office rules. The research file confirms that GDC friends-and-family pages should be used for current vendor and approval rules, but it did not capture a Lee State Prison-specific deposit fee table or local mail-format rule.

Lee State Prison Intake

Lee State Prison does not book street arrests the way the county jail does. A person reaches GDC custody after a state sentence, transfer, or placement decision. The GDC record may show the current or most recent institution, active or inactive status, major offense fields, GDC ID or UNO, and photographs if available. GDC also cautions that transfer dates are not provided for security reasons and that completed First Offender Act records are not published after the sentence is completed.

For a person who was just arrested in Lee County, start with Lee County jail inmate records. For a person who has been sentenced to state custody or transferred out of the county jail, switch to the GDC offender search. The two systems answer different custody questions.

Lee State Prison Programs

GDC publishes detailed program information for Lee State Prison. Academic programs include literacy remedial, adult basic education, and GED. Counseling programs include Thinking for a Change, Motivation for Change, Re-Entry Skills Building, Moral Reconation Therapy, Matrix Early Recovery Skills, Matrix Relapse Prevention, Confronting Self, Religious Diversity, AA or NA, Active Parenting, Lifers Group, Basic Computer or Typing, Career Center, and Family Violence.

Vocational and work details include automotive, carpentry, small engine repair, HVAC, food preparation, barber, laundry, custodial maintenance, building maintenance, landscaping, general office clerk, wastewater treatment, and horticulture. GDC also reported in 2016 that Lee State Prison launched a welding program with Albany Technical College, and a 2017 GDC release described Lee Evidence Based Prison as a four-phase reentry-focused program.

Lee State Prison Directions

GDC's directions from Atlanta route drivers on I-75 South to Highway 300, then Highway 32 toward Leesburg, then U.S. Highway 19, and then Pinewood Road. GDC states that Lee State Prison is just past the Lee County Jail on the left. This local detail is important because the county jail and state prison are close together but serve different populations.

Anyone going to the prison should confirm the destination before using a map result. The Lee County Criminal Justice Center is at 119 Pinewood Road. Lee State Prison is at 153 Pinewood Drive. The courthouse and Magistrate Court are on Leslie Highway and are separate from both correctional facilities.