Augusta State Medical Prison Releases

Augusta Release Identity Check

Match the full name, GDC identifier, sentence, and facility before treating any state offender result as the correct Augusta Medical release record.

Georgia Medical Prison Release Law

Georgia parole law prevents a one-size date estimate. O.C.G.A. § 42-9-45 sets general consideration timing but cross-references offense-specific limits. For many felony sentences, consideration is tied to nine months or one-third of the sentence, whichever is greater. Aggregate sentences of at least twenty-one years have another rule. Those are eligibility points for Board review, not automatic Augusta State Medical Prison release dates.

Serious violent felony sentences under O.C.G.A. § 17-10-6.1 can carry mandatory minimums and restrictions on parole, earned time, work release, and other reductions. The statutory category includes listed crimes such as murder, armed robbery, kidnapping, rape, aggravated child molestation, aggravated sodomy, and aggravated sexual battery. The exact offense, sentence date, and judgment control. A generic percentage should never replace the person’s GDC and court records.

State notification offers another channel. The State Board’s V.I.P. system can provide current incarceration location, parole eligibility or status, maximum or scheduled release date, and an indication that an offender is not in custody. Registered notifications can cover release at term completion, release to begin probation, or parole release. V.I.P. is useful for a reported change, but it is not a certified discharge order.

GDC’s written verification route remains the final fallback. Include the facility name and approximate dates as well as the person’s identifiers. If the person is a covered registrant, the later sex-offender registry record may document a separate post-release duty. It does not alter the date GDC custody actually ended.

Medical Prison Release Destinations

A person leaving Augusta State Medical Prison may enter the community at sentence completion, begin parole, move to probation required by the sentence, enter a transitional placement, or transfer to another GDC institution. Each path creates a different record. The GDC offender record is the first statewide custody source. The State Board of Pardons and Paroles holds parole decisions and timing. The Department of Community Supervision handles parole and felony probation in the community.

Release from the prison is not the same as final discharge from every obligation. Parole means conditional community release before the sentence expires. Probation is court-ordered supervision, often in place of or after confinement. Discharge means the relevant custody or supervision term has ended. If the record shows a transfer, the person remains confined even though Augusta State Medical Prison is no longer the listed facility.

Confirm Augusta Medical Release

Start at GDC Find an Offender. The state page links to the offender query and explains that a search can use a name, ID or case number, age, and other identifying details. Photographs appear automatically when available. Match more than the name. A GDC ID, date information, offense, and listed facility help separate similar records.

Then follow the status:

1. Open the matching GDC record and note the facility, sentence, and release-related fields shown.
2. If a Tentative Parole Month appears, use the State Board TPM source and remember that the month is conditional.
3. If parole has begun, check the State Board parolee search for parole begin and end information.
4. Contact DCS Evans when the person is released to supervision in Columbia County.
5. Request written GDC verification when the exact discharge date or certified status is needed.

GDC warns that its public search is for convenience and should be verified through Inmate Records and Information. This is especially important when a projected field has changed, a transfer is recent, or the record does not clearly separate prison release from later supervision. The Columbia County release search explains when to switch between county, state, federal, and immigration systems.

Augusta Medical Prison Records

For written state confirmation, send the full name, GDC ID, date of birth, sentencing case if known, Augusta State Medical Prison as the facility, and the approximate release or transfer date. Ask for the public portion of the custody and discharge record. GDC’s own disclaimer directs verification mail to Inmate Records and Information, PO Box 1529, Forsyth, Georgia 31029.

The prison can address facility operations and current institutional contact. GDC central records is the stronger source for a past discharge record. A sentencing court explains the sentence imposed, while the State Board explains parole action. Those records should be reconciled rather than treated as interchangeable.

Augusta Medical Prison Profile

The official GDC facility page describes Augusta State Med. Prison as a close-security institution for adult male felons. It was constructed in 1982, opened in 1983, and has a stated capacity of 1,326. Its work includes centralized acute and specialized medical care, Level IV mental-health services, and care for severe medical cases. GDC also identifies it as a sex-offender release site and host facility for Augusta Transitional Center.

The official facility view is preserved in the image below.

The screenshot confirms the GDC institution context. It is not a live custody result for any individual.

Medical Prison Parole Timing

A Tentative Parole Month, or TPM, is the month when the Board expects to complete final review and may set a parole date. It is not a final decision. Good conduct and required program completion can affect it, and misconduct may postpone or cancel the month. GDC also uses Maximum Release Date, or MRD, for a sentence-based release marker.

Eligible state offenders may earn Performance Incentive Credit. GDC says PIC can reduce a TPM or MRD by one to twelve months through case-plan progress, education or vocational improvement, work assignments, and good conduct. Eligibility is limited. Mandatory-minimum offenses, short terms, death sentences, and specified life or non-parole-eligible sentences can fall outside the program. Never subtract a generic credit from a displayed date without official confirmation.

TPM

A conditional month for final parole review.

MRD

The maximum release date reflected in the state sentence record.

Parole

Community release under State Board and DCS conditions.

Discharge

The formal end of the relevant custody or supervision status.

Augusta Medical Release Supervision

When a released person will live in Columbia County, the Evans DCS Field Office is the local contact for parole, felony probation, and related supervision. The office serves Columbia County and the Columbia Circuit. It is located at 7045 Evans Town Center Boulevard in Evans and is open weekdays from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Its phone number is 706-447-6740.

A parolee search result can show that prison custody ended and parole began. It does not show that supervision has ended. Likewise, a person may complete prison time and begin a court-ordered probation term. Confirm present supervision through the State Board and DCS rather than asking the Columbia County Detention Center to interpret a GDC discharge.

Sex-Offender Release Site Role

GDC’s description of Augusta State Medical Prison as a sex-offender release site is a facility function, not a public list of every person released there. Registry duties arise only for people covered by Georgia law. Columbia County’s Sheriff publishes separate registry information under O.C.G.A. 42-1-12 and describes a first-report notice after release for covered registrants.

The state offender search, prison discharge record, parole record, and registry serve distinct purposes. A registry entry may confirm a required post-release registration status. It does not replace GDC’s record of when state custody ended or the State Board’s record of parole.

Augusta Medical Facility Network

Augusta State Medical Prison is unusual in Columbia County’s release geography because it anchors both specialized state custody and the nearby transitional-center path. GDC names it as host facility for Augusta Transitional Center. A person can move within that state network while remaining in GDC custody or in a structured step toward community return.

Do not treat a move to the transitional center as an ordinary Columbia County jail release. Check GDC status, parole timing, and DCS supervision. If the person was later booked locally on another matter, only then does the county detention route become relevant.

Note: A facility change can occur before release, so confirm both custody status and destination rather than relying on the last institution name.