Check Coffee Correctional Releases

Coffee Correctional Release Routes

Coffee Correctional Institution is a medium-security private prison in Nicholls. CoreCivic operates it under contract with the Georgia Department of Corrections. It serves adult male felons in the state system. That makes a departure from Coffee Correctional a state-prison event. Coffee County Sheriff's Office booking records do not certify it, and the sheriff's in-custody app is not the right locator. The primary records belong to GDC, the Georgia State Board of Pardons and Paroles, and the Georgia Department of Community Supervision when supervision follows release.

A state prisoner may move to another GDC facility, reach the maximum release date, leave on parole, or have another custody event. Transfer does not mean release. Parole means the person serves part of the sentence in the community under conditions. Discharge generally means the relevant custody or sentence obligation has ended, though the exact record must be read. A tentative parole month is only a planned review point, not a promise that the person will leave in that month.

Confirm a Coffee Correctional Release

Start at the GDC Find an Offender page, then open the direct offender query. Search with a GDC ID or case number when known. Otherwise, try the full legal name and compare age, race, sex, charges, and facility data. Similar names are common, and a photo alone should not control the match. GDC says photos display automatically when available and warns that the public tool is not a certified record. Written verification remains the stronger path.

Use the results as a route map:

1. Confirm that the record identifies the right person and lists Coffee Correctional Institution or a later GDC facility.
2. Read the custody, facility, charge, and release-date fields together rather than relying on one date.
3. When parole appears possible, check the Parole Board's TPM lookup or parolee search for the correct parole field.
4. For active community supervision, check DCS and the field office tied to the person's approved release plan and case assignment.
5. Request written verification from GDC Inmate Records and Information when a formal or fully checked record is needed.

Coffee Correctional Release Contacts

The facility contact is useful for current operational questions, but GDC controls the state offender record. CoreCivic lists a post office box for mail, while GDC lists the physical North Liberty Street address. Both official facility pages give the same phone and fax numbers. Release verification should not be reduced to a call to a private operator when the sought fact sits in a GDC, parole, or supervision record.

A written request should include the person's full name, GDC ID if known, date of birth, facility, and the exact fact being verified. Ask for the release, discharge, transfer, or sentence-computation record rather than a vague status check. GDC's own disclaimer directs users to written correspondence before making factual assumptions from the public query.

Note: Use the facility line for facility matters and the GDC records route for official state custody, sentence, release, or discharge verification.

Coffee Correctional Facility Profile

The GDC Coffee Correctional Institution page describes an adult male, medium-security private prison. It was constructed and opened in 1998, then expanded in 2009. The listed capacity is 2,628. CoreCivic says the Georgia Department of Corrections is the customer base and that the company has owned the site since 1998. Those facts distinguish it from the sheriff jail in Douglas, where local detainees await court or serve under a county process.

The official GDC facility page appears in the screenshot below and is the source for the state-prison identity and listed facts.

The directory entry identifies the prison. It does not replace the statewide offender query, parole record, or written GDC verification needed to confirm a release.

Coffee Correctional Release Dates

Georgia state records use several date terms. The sentence begin date marks when the sentence starts for computation. The sentence end date reflects the sentence as calculated under the applicable rules. The maximum release date is the date the person would leave GDC custody after serving the full sentence, apart from a parole decision. A tentative parole month, or TPM, is a planned month set by the Parole Board for possible placement on parole. It is not the same as a fixed release date.

Maximum release date

The computed end of GDC custody if the whole sentence is served, excluding a parole decision.

Tentative parole month

A planned year and month for potential parole placement after Board review.

Parole

Community service of part of a sentence under conditions and state supervision.

Discharge

The end of the custody or supervision term shown by the responsible agency's record.

The Parole Board says a TPM does not guarantee release. Final review, conduct, required programs, discipline, or new information may affect the outcome. Georgia Rule 125-2-4 supplies the state sentence-computation vocabulary. The Board's TPM explanation should be read with the GDC offender result, not substituted for it.

Coffee Correctional Parole Records

When release occurs on parole, the state prison record is only part of the answer. The Parole Board's parolee search may show a parole begin date, parole end date, parole office, office number, and primary offense. The Georgia Department of Community Supervision handles field supervision for parolees and felony probationers. Its Douglas field office serves Bacon, Coffee, and the Waycross Circuit, but a person released from Coffee Correctional does not automatically report there.

Supervision follows the approved plan, residence, and case assignment. Someone held in Nicholls may return to another part of Georgia. Use the office shown in the parole or DCS record. The local Douglas office is at 319 E. Ward St., Douglas, and its published hours are Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The statewide DCS main phone is (678) 783-4337. The Coffee County post-release supervision page explains how the parole and probation paths differ.

Coffee Correctional Release Preparation

GDC lists academic work, counseling, religious activities, reentry skills, and practical training programs at Coffee Correctional. Named areas include masonry, carpentry, computers, horticulture, and commercial driving. These programs are facility context. Participation does not prove a release date, parole grant, or discharge. The Performance Incentive Credit program is also a state mechanism, not a county-jail rule. GDC describes credits tied to satisfactory progress in approved programs, work assignments, and conduct.

The Parole Board may review or change eligibility based on new information. Therefore, program activity should not be turned into a date estimate. Use the current GDC result, applicable sentence computation, and Board record. If a projected date changes, check whether the field was a TPM, maximum date, or another calculation before assuming an error. This division keeps a useful reentry fact from being mistaken for official release proof.

Note: Program participation may affect a state review or credit process, but only the responsible state record can show the resulting date or decision.

Separate Coffee County Release Systems

Coffee County's two facilities create a local naming trap. Coffee County Jail is the sheriff facility at Thompson Drive in Douglas. Coffee Correctional Institution is the private state prison at North Liberty Street in Nicholls. A jail release is confirmed through the sheriff's booking/release record and court file. A Coffee Correctional release is confirmed through GDC, the Parole Board, DCS, and written state records. The systems serve different populations and hold different legal records.

Ask where the person was held before choosing a search. If the answer is the Douglas jail, use the Coffee County Jail release route. If the answer is Coffee Correctional, start with GDC. The broader county search separates local, state, federal, and immigration paths. A county name in a result is not enough to prove which facility or agency created the record.