Emanuel Womens Facility Custody
The GDC Emanuel Womens Facility page lists the facility as a state prison serving adult female felons. It is located in Swainsboro and is operated by the Georgia Department of Corrections. The 2025 PREA audit describes the custody levels as minimum and medium. Those source details make the facility different from Emanuel County Jail, which handles local arrests, booking, bond, and pre-trial county custody.
Emanuel Womens Facility was constructed in 1995, opened in 2004, and renovated in 2011. The current GDC page is brief, so official facility basics and PREA audit data carry most of the current detail. Older historical descriptions should not be treated as current program rules unless labeled as background. For present-day inmate lookup, visitation, and population facts, GDC and the 2025 PREA audit are the controlling sources.
The GDC Emanuel Womens Facility page source is shown below.
The image connects the facility's inmate custody details to the official GDC page, not a county roster or third-party listing.
Emanuel Womens Facility Population
GDC publishes a capacity of 415 for Emanuel Womens Facility. The 2025 PREA audit lists designed capacity as 415, current population as 413, and average daily population for the past 12 months as 414. It also lists the day-one onsite population as 396. The audit says there was no over-capacity point in the past 12 months, which places the population figures close to design capacity without reporting an over-capacity finding.
The PREA final report, submitted September 17, 2025, lists a women/girls population designation, an age range of 18-99, minimum and medium custody, no youthful inmates, 75 staff who may have inmate contact, four contractors, and 38 volunteers. It records 42 standards met, three exceeded, and zero not met.
Emanuel Womens Facility Lookup
Use the GDC Offender Query for Emanuel Womens Facility. GDC's locator is for people currently or formerly in Georgia Department of Corrections custody. It can show photos when available, current or most recent institution, active or inactive status, sentence data, and other state custody fields. The county jail InterOp roster is only the right source for local jail custody.
- Open GDC Offender Query and agree to the GDC disclaimer.
- Search by last name and first name, or use a GDC ID Number or case number.
- Filter by institution when useful and look for Emanuel Womens Facility in the institution field.
- Verify important details with GDC Inmate Records and Information before relying on the record as complete.
| Tool | Covers | Use for This Facility? |
|---|---|---|
| GDC Offender Query | State corrections custody | Yes |
| Emanuel County Jail roster | Local county jail custody | No, unless the person is still in county jail |
| VINELink | Custody notification route | Useful support, not a replacement for GDC |
| BOP or ICE locator | Federal or immigration custody | Only if facts point outside GDC |
Emanuel Womens Facility Contact
Use the facility contact details for visit confirmation, mail routing, and local facility questions. The PREA audit lists a mailing address at P.O. Box 218 in Swainsboro. GDC statewide records verification remains separate from county jail records and court clerk records.
Emanuel Womens Facility
714 Gumlog Road
Swainsboro, GA 30401
478-289-2748
Fax: 478-289-2755
Mailing Address
P.O. Box 218
Swainsboro, GA 30401
Use current GDC mail rules and include required inmate details.
Emanuel Womens Facility Visits
GDC publishes visitation for Emanuel Womens Facility on Saturdays, Sundays, and all state holidays from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM. This is GDC facility visitation, not Emanuel County Jail HomeWAV visitation. Visitor approval, identity checks, dress rules, and facility restrictions should be confirmed before travel, especially when a holiday, lockdown, weather issue, or custody change may affect access.
| Day | Hours | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Saturday | 9:00 AM-3:00 PM | GDC facility visitation |
| Sunday | 9:00 AM-3:00 PM | GDC facility visitation |
| State holidays | 9:00 AM-3:00 PM | GDC facility visitation |
Because the facility is a state prison, visitors should not rely on county jail video-visit rules. GDC and the facility set the applicable visit process.
Emanuel Womens Facility Mail Money
The PREA audit provides the mailing address for Emanuel Womens Facility. The project research did not locate a current facility-specific commissary fee schedule, deposit fee table, or phone-rate table. That absence should remain visible in the copy. Do not borrow county jail CommissaryDeposit details for a GDC state prison.
| Service | Provider / Detail |
|---|---|
| Mail Address | P.O. Box 218, Swainsboro, GA 30401 |
| Phone | Facility contact: 478-289-2748 |
| Money Deposit | Use current GDC instructions. Facility-specific fee amounts were not located. |
| County Jail Vendor | CommissaryDeposit details in the research apply to Emanuel County Jail, not this facility. |
Emanuel Womens Facility Intake
Emanuel Womens Facility receives state prison custody, not new local street-arrest bookings. When a woman is arrested in Emanuel County, the first public custody record may appear through Emanuel County Jail. After conviction, sentencing, or other state custody action, the GDC record becomes the better path. That change can explain why a person disappears from a county roster but appears in the GDC locator.
State prison intake and classification are not the same as county booking. The available current research does not publish a detailed intake unit layout or current program catalog for Emanuel Womens Facility. PREA material does document risk screening, inmate education in the PREA context, and access to medical or mental-health services consistent with community level of care in that context.
Emanuel Womens Facility PREA
The 2025 PREA audit provides the strongest current source for facility conditions and compliance. It identifies zero standards not met and reports that the facility has a zero-tolerance PREA policy under GDC SOP 208.06. It also documents PREA-related education, risk screening, staffing counts, contractors, volunteers, and medical or mental-health response in the PREA context.
Current GDC pages do not publish detailed program lists for Emanuel Womens Facility beyond basic facility facts and visitation. That is why this page relies on the current GDC page and PREA audit rather than importing older program descriptions as if they were current. For a person moving between local and state custody, the main distinction remains simple: Emanuel County Jail handles local custody, while Emanuel Womens Facility is searched through GDC.
Verification should follow the same custody split. GDC says users should verify offender information through written correspondence with Inmate Records and Information in Forsyth before relying on a record as complete. Emanuel County court files, sheriff booking records, and DA prosecution records remain separate local records even when a woman from Emanuel County is later housed at this state prison.
The facility page and audit also show why state custody should not be blended with the live county jail population. Capacity, staff counts, visitation schedule, and PREA findings are reported by GDC for this prison, while arrests, booking photos, bond, and short-term custody remain sheriff and court matters.
Note: Confirm GDC custody and visitation status with Emanuel Womens Facility before traveling.