Mail & Packages in Georgia (GDC) | Prison Visitor Guide

Key info

Personal mail currently goes directly to the prison. As of mid-2026, GDC staff open and inspect incoming personal mail for contraband at the facility and then deliver it — Georgia does not currently use an off-site mail-scanning vendor.

This may change. In February 2025, GDC issued an “Offender Mail Solutions” request for proposals to route all incoming mail through a single central location. No vendor was confirmed live as of this writing, so confirm the current mailing address on GDC’s site before sending.

Address mail with the full committed name, GDC ID number, and the full prison name and address. GDC headquarters in Forsyth is not an inmate-mail address.

Books, magazines, and newspapers must come from a publisher or established retailer.

Legal mail is opened only in the person’s presence, inspected for contraband, and not read.

How to address personal mail

As of mid-2026, incoming personal mail (letters, cards, photos) goes directly to the prison, where GDC staff open and inspect it for contraband before delivering it. Georgia does not currently route personal mail through an off-site scanning vendor.

Address mail with:

The person’s full committed name
Their GDC ID number
The full, un-abbreviated prison name
That prison’s mailing address

A change may be coming

In February 2025, GDC issued an “Offender Mail Solutions” request for proposals, seeking to route all incoming mail through a single central location rather than to each prison. This is the same model many states have adopted to scan or photocopy mail off-site.

As of this writing, no vendor had been confirmed live, and personal mail still goes to the facility.

Books and publications

Books, magazines, and newspapers must come directly from a publisher or an established retailer, under Georgia Administrative Rule 125-3-3. Content that threatens the security or order of the facility can be rejected.

Legal mail

Legal and privileged mail is opened only in the person’s presence and inspected for contraband — it is not read, and it cannot be withheld as punishment.

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Sources

This page is compiled from the following publicly available sources. Policies change without notice — confirm current details with the facility before relying on them.