Find Terrell Institution Releases

Terrell Institution Release Routes

Terrell County Correctional Institution is a county correctional institution that houses state and county offenders. It is not the Terrell County Jail, and it should not be searched as a pretrial jail. A person can leave the institution for the community on parole, reach a maximum release date, or transfer to another Georgia Department of Corrections facility. The first two may be release events. A transfer is continued custody.

For a state offender, GDC Find an Offender is the main status route. A parole release also creates a State Board and community-supervision trail. A person who maxes out may have a GDC release date without parole, depending on the sentence. When a search result still names an active GDC facility, the person has not been discharged merely because Terrell County Correctional Institution is no longer listed.

Confirm a Terrell Institution Release

Use identifiers when possible. Name-only searches can join records for different people, while a GDC ID, six-digit inmate number, or case number narrows the match. The result must be read as a whole, including status, facility, sentence data, release fields, and any parole link.

1. Open GDC Find an Offender.
2. Search by exact name, then use a partial name only if necessary. Prefer an official identifier when known.
3. Compare the GDC ID, physical details, photo if shown, case information, and facility before selecting a person.
4. Read current status, current or last facility, release date, Maximum Release Date, and parole information.
5. If parole is involved, check the State Board TPM or parolee route. For active supervision, use DCS.
6. Request written verification from GDC when the public result is unclear or a formal record is needed.

The countywide search and records process is available through the Terrell County released inmates home page, but state-offender release proof still comes from GDC, the Board, or DCS.

Terrell Institution Records Contact

The official GDC facility page lists the institution's address, primary telephone, fax, mission, and programs. Call the institution for facility-specific routing. Use GDC records channels for statewide offender and release documentation.

The official location page is pictured below so the facility name and state corrections context remain tied to the source.

The GDC listing identifies a county correctional institution, not a sheriff's current-custody roster.

For a records request, use the GDC Open Records portal. Research lists a three-business-day initial response period, non-medical copies at $0.10 per page, and search or redaction time at the hourly rate of the lowest-paid qualified employee. Actual cost depends on the request. GDC also directs written verification of public search information to Inmate Records and Information, PO Box 1529, Forsyth, GA 31029.

Terrell Institution History and Scale

GDC provides unusually specific facts about this Terrell County facility. It was constructed and opened in 1947, renovated in 2000, and is listed as medium security for adult male felons. Its stated capacity is 140, with five open dormitories. Those figures come from the current GDC facility description and explain why this institution requires a prison-style release path.

The mission is also local. GDC says the institution houses state and county offenders and provides a general labor force supporting Terrell County government. Work details include roads, a mechanic shop, carpentry, trash work, janitorial work, and the county fire department. This is not generic jail programming. It links a county-operated setting with Georgia's sentenced-offender system.

Programs include GED work, substance-abuse education, religious activities, carpentry, mechanic training, and firefighting or certification. Participation does not by itself prove a release date, but some forms of progress can matter under Georgia's Performance Incentive Credit framework for eligible offenders.

Programs Can Affect Terrell Dates

GDC's Performance Incentive Credit program, or PIC, may reduce an eligible offender's Tentative Parole Month or Maximum Release Date. GDC describes credit for satisfactory progress in education, vocational training, treatment, work assignments, reentry case plans, and good behavior. One point may equal one month, up to 12 points and a possible one-to-twelve-month reduction.

The Terrell institution's listed work and education programs therefore have release-planning relevance. They do not create an automatic formula. State officials decide eligibility and credit. Exclusions include death sentences, sentences of two years or less, non-parole-eligible or mandatory-minimum offenses, and life sentences. Two people in the same dormitory can have very different release rules.

A TPM is only a tentative month for final parole review. It is not a release guarantee. Program completion, conduct, new information, and final Board action can change the plan. An MRD is also distinct from an actual discharge event. Check the latest GDC and Board record rather than calculating from program participation.

Note: Facility programs support reentry and work skills, but only an official GDC or Board record confirms their effect on a release date.

Terrell Institution Parole Follow-Up

The State Board of Pardons and Paroles controls parole decisions. For someone still confined, its Inmate TPM Lookup can accept an inmate number, GDC ID, or personal data. For someone already released on parole, the Parolee Database is the more relevant public route. These tools answer different stages of the same state sentence.

Community supervision is administered by the Georgia Department of Community Supervision. The Donalsonville Field Office serves Terrell County. A parolee may therefore report through a regional office outside Dawson. If the public parole result and GDC status differ, ask the Board or DCS to clarify the current stage.

Release on parole does not mean discharge from the sentence. Conditions remain until the Board and supervision records show completion. Max-out, parole release, and final supervision discharge are separate milestones. They should not share one date label.

Terrell Albany Highway Address Sources

Local sources use two nearby Albany Highway numbers for the detention campus. The Sheriff's Office contact page and county inmate-health procurement document use 3108 Albany Highway for the Sheriff's Office or detention center. GDC lists both Terrell County Jail and Terrell County Correctional Institution at 3110 Albany Highway.

For this institution, use the GDC-listed 3110 address. Do not erase the discrepancy when another local source shows 3108. A visitor seeking a release record, pickup point, or office should call the institution before traveling and name the exact facility. The correctional institution and county jail have different phone numbers and different release-record paths even though the addresses are adjacent.

Note: Calling first helps prevent a county-jail records question from being routed to the state-offender institution, or the reverse.

Terrell Release Versus Transfer

A final check should answer both where Terrell County Correctional Institution custody ended and where the person went next. If GDC lists another prison, custody continues. If the Board and DCS show parole, the person is in the community under supervision. If a GDC record shows a completed maximum release with no new custodian, the state term may have ended.

Federal or immigration custody remains possible even though no federal prison or ICE detention center was identified in Terrell County. A handoff to the U.S. Marshals, BOP, or ICE is release from this institution but not proof of community release. Use the receiving agency's locator or record. The same rule applies to another state or county hold.

Formal confirmation should include the date, release or transfer type, last facility, and receiving agency when applicable. Those fields resolve the most common ambiguity: whether someone left one building or left custody altogether.