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Phillips Transitional Center Overview

The GDC Phillips Transitional Center page lists the facility at 2989 West Rock Quarry Road in Buford. GDC describes it as a transitional center serving adult male felons at minimum security. Phillips State Prison is the host facility, but the transitional center has its own capacity and resident mission. Its purpose is reentry: helping residents gain social and employment skills before release to the community.

All residents are assigned as work-release residents according to GDC. That makes Phillips Transitional Center different from both the Gwinnett County Jail and Phillips State Prison. The jail is for new arrests and pretrial custody. Phillips State Prison is a special-mission prison. Phillips Transitional Center is a minimum-security work-release setting for residents moving back toward community life.

The GDC capture below is the source for the Phillips Transitional Center capacity, dorm structure, mission, and program list.

Use the state offender locator to confirm current placement, then call the center for facility-specific work-release questions.

Phillips Transitional Center Population

GDC lists Phillips Transitional Center capacity as 204. The dedicated GDC page gives a dorm breakdown that totals the same number: Dorm 1 has 48 beds, Dorm 2 has 60 beds, Dorm 3 has 48 beds, and Dorm 4 has 48 beds. The separate Phillips State Prison narrative includes a conflicting transitional-center bed reference, but the dedicated current transitional-center source and dorm math support 204 for this facility.

The population is narrower than a prison or jail population. GDC states that all residents are assigned as work-release residents, so the center is built around employment, reentry, and minimum-security custody. A resident may leave for approved work and return under facility rules, which is why public lookup should confirm the GDC placement first and then use the facility phone for schedule-sensitive questions.

Phillips Transitional Center Search

The correct lookup path for Phillips Transitional Center is GDC Find an Offender. Searchers should not rely on Gwinnett JAIL View unless the person may still be in sheriff custody before sentencing or transfer. GDC says users can search by name, ID or case number, age, and other identifying information. GDC also says some offender photos are unavailable or not uploaded, and transfer dates are not published for security reasons.

1. Open the GDC offender query and review the disclaimer.
2. Search by full name, or use the first four letters of the last name if the full search fails.
3. Add ID, case number, or age details when a name is common.
4. Check the facility field or incarceration location for Phillips Transitional Center.
5. Call the center when work-release schedule, resident status, or facility contact rules need confirmation.

Phillips Transitional Center Contact

Use the Phillips Transitional Center phone line for current facility rules and use GDC records channels for official state offender records. The facility sits behind Phillips State Prison on the Buford campus according to the GDC directions, so visitors should confirm entrance instructions before travel.

Phillips Transitional Center Visits

The captured GDC page for Phillips Transitional Center did not list public family visitation hours. Because this is a work-release transitional center and all residents have work-release assignments, schedules and visit eligibility may differ from a prison weekend schedule. Confirm visit approval, resident availability, identification, dress rules, and entrance instructions directly with the facility before travel.

Phillips Transitional Center Mail

The research did not capture a transitional-center-specific mail format, commissary vendor, or fee schedule. Use current GDC resources for contacting an offender, sending money to an offender, and requesting GDC records. Do not use Gwinnett County Jail's JailATM postcard-scanning address for a Phillips Transitional Center resident.

For mailed items or money questions, the practical first step is to confirm that GDC still lists the resident at Phillips Transitional Center. Work-release residents may have movement tied to jobs or reentry programming, but public mail and deposit rules still need to follow GDC and facility instructions.

Phillips Transitional Center Programs

GDC lists programs that match the center's reentry mission. Education includes GED and adult basic education. Counseling and reentry services include pre-release, work adjustment, health awareness, employment, and job readiness. General recreation, worship services, and Bible study are also listed. The center's program design is narrower and more work-focused than Phillips State Prison because its residents are preparing for community transition.

Directions in the research route visitors from I-85 North to Hamilton Mill Road, then Sardis Church Road, then West Rock Quarry Road, with the transitional center behind Phillips State Prison. Because secure campuses can have controlled entrances and different parking instructions, confirm travel details with staff before arrival.

The host-facility relationship is important for records and calls. Phillips State Prison supports the campus, but the transitional center has its own phone, fax, capacity, and resident mission. Use the transitional-center number when asking about a resident assigned there, especially when the question involves work release, job readiness, resident movement, or a schedule that may not appear in the public GDC locator.

Transitional center

A GDC reentry facility for residents nearing return to the community.

Work release

A status where residents work in the community and return to custody when not working.

Host facility

Phillips State Prison provides institutional support for the transitional center campus.

Job readiness

Programming focused on employment skills and stable transition planning.