Find Bacon TC Residents

Bacon TC Overview

Bacon Transitional Center is a GDC transitional center at 165 Eastside Industrial Boulevard, Alma, GA 31510. It is a state work-release and reentry-style facility, not a county jail and not a traditional long-term state prison page. The GDC facility directory lists Bacon Transitional Center under transitional centers and identifies Ware State Prison as the host facility. The GDC location page lists the same phone number used for the Bacon state facilities in Alma: (912) 632-8157.

The facility holds adult male GDC residents in transitional-center programming. GDC describes transitional centers as part of public-safety and reentry work, using community partnerships and evidence-based intervention placement so returning offenders can become law-abiding, productive citizens. For Bacon TC, the most detailed source is GDC's March 2023 expansion announcement, which ties the facility to work-release capacity, employment, and training.

Bacon TC shares an address with Bacon Probation Detention Center, but the population and purpose differ. Bacon PDC is a probation detention center for probationers. Bacon TC is a minimum-security transitional center for adult male residents moving through work-release and reentry programming.

Bacon TC Capacity

The sourced capacity figure for Bacon Transitional Center comes from the GDC March 29, 2023 press release. GDC said a March 28, 2023 ribbon-cutting opened a new 50-bed dorm on the existing Bacon PDC and TC property, increasing Bacon TC capacity to 100 male residents. The release also reported a 100% employment rate for residents at that time.

This capacity should not be added to Bacon County Jail's 74-bed county capacity. The jail report excludes separate work-release or county-prison type facilities, and Bacon TC is a state transitional center. Current resident count was not located in the research file, so only the GDC capacity announcement is used.

Search Bacon TC Residents

The correct lookup route is the GDC offender query, not the Bacon County sheriff roster. The state search can be reached from GDC's Find an Offender overview page and includes name, demographic, institution, conviction county, active or inactive status, and ID or case-number search options. GDC notes that photos display automatically if available and that official verification should be made through written correspondence when needed.

1. Open the GDC offender query and read the state disclaimer.
2. Search by last name and first name, or use a GDC ID or case number if one is known.
3. Use Most Recent Institution or Conviction County filters when Bacon-related results are hard to separate.
4. Review whether the result points to Bacon TC, another GDC facility, or a county jail transition status.
5. Call (912) 632-8157 for facility confirmation before sending mail, planning a visit, or relying on work-release status.

The GDC search reaches far beyond Bacon County. A person convicted in Bacon County might be housed elsewhere, while a resident at Bacon TC may have a conviction county outside Bacon County. Search by the person first, then use institution fields to confirm placement.

The manifest screenshot for the GDC Bacon Transitional Center page is page-specific and confirms the facility's state listing.

Bacon TC is a GDC transitional center, and residents are searched through state corrections records.

Bacon TC Contact

The GDC facility directory lists Bacon Transitional Center with P.O. Box 904, 165 E. Eastside Industrial Boulevard, Alma, GA 31510, phone (912) 632-8157, and fax (912) 632-8208. It also lists staff roles including superintendent, assistant superintendent, chief of security, business office, and secretary. Staff names can change, so the facility phone is the practical confirmation route for current administration, visits, mail, and resident placement.

Bacon TC Visits

No Bacon TC-specific public visitation schedule, visitor approval table, dress code, or visit-length chart was located in the official location page material reviewed. Because Bacon TC is a state transitional center, visit access should be confirmed through GDC facility rules and the facility phone. County jail video visitation through HomeWAV should not be treated as a Bacon TC rule unless GDC staff confirms it.

Work-release and reentry placement can affect movement, schedule, and communication. A resident may have job-related rules or program limits that do not resemble ordinary county jail visitation. Verify the current policy before travel.

Bacon TC Mail and Money

The research located GDC directory information for Bacon Transitional Center, but it did not locate a Bacon TC-specific public mail format, phone vendor, deposit portal, commissary fee schedule, or approved-item list. Use current GDC friends and family guidance and call the facility for the exact mailing format before sending funds or correspondence. The county jail's PO Box 237 mail rule and sheriff commissary deposit methods belong to Bacon County Jail.

Bacon TC Placement

Bacon Transitional Center placement is a state corrections and reentry placement, not a new arrest booking. A person may begin in a county jail after arrest, move through court, receive a state sentence, and later be assigned by GDC to a prison, probation detention center, transitional center, or other state placement. The sheriff roster can still matter during transfer because the May 2026 jail report showed seven Bacon County Jail inmates sentenced to state custody while still physically in the county jail.

Once a person is assigned to Bacon TC, release is not handled by a county bond desk. Status is controlled by GDC placement, sentence, reentry programming, and any supervision rules that apply. Use the GDC profile, facility phone, and official GDC correspondence for confirmation rather than trying to interpret county jail bond fields.

Transitional center

A state reentry and work-release facility for selected GDC residents nearing community return.

Work release

A structured custody status where eligible residents may work in the community under facility rules.

Host facility

A GDC administrative relationship; the directory lists Ware State Prison as the Bacon TC host facility.

Bacon TC Reentry Programs

Bacon Transitional Center has the richest program detail among the Bacon County detention facilities in the research file. GDC's 2023 release said Bacon TC residents had a 100% employment rate at the time of the ribbon-cutting. It also described OSHA 10 training and Employer Expectations through Wiregrass Technical College. Those details fit the transitional-center mission because the facility is built around reentry, work, and structured return to the community.

The 2023 expansion added a 50-bed dorm on the existing Bacon PDC and TC property. GDC framed the project as a public-safety and workforce step, expanding male resident capacity to 100. That local detail makes Bacon TC distinct from Bacon PDC and Bacon County Jail: the most important public record question is often not bond or booking, but whether GDC currently shows the resident at Bacon TC and what reentry restrictions apply.