SOP_NUMBER: 222.02
TITLE: County Facility Placement
REFERENCE_CODE: IIC05-0003
DIVISION: Facilities Division
TOPIC_AREA: 222 Policy-Court/Release/Transport/Transfer
EFFECTIVE_DATE: 2020-05-01
WORD_COUNT: 1185
POWERDMS_URL: https://public.powerdms.com/GADOC/documents/105756
URL: https://gps.press/sop-data/222.02/

SUMMARY:
This policy establishes guidelines for transferring offenders from state or private facilities to county facilities (work camps) to meet administrative, work, or security needs. It applies to all state, private, and county facilities and Offender Administration. The policy outlines specific selection criteria that offenders must meet, including educational requirements, security level restrictions, clean disciplinary history, and exclusions for those with certain violent offenses, detainers, or pending charges.

KEY_TOPICS: county facility placement, county work camps, offender transfer, facility assignment, security classification, work camp eligibility, inmate transfer criteria, escape history, violent offenses, detainers, pending charges, disciplinary history, sentence length, skill-based placement

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|GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS<br>Standard Operating Procedures|Col2|Col3|
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|**Policy Name:**County Facility Placement|**Policy Name:**County Facility Placement|**Policy Name:**County Facility Placement|
|**Policy Number:** 222.02|**Effective Date:**5/1/2020|**Page Number:** 1 of 5|
|**Authority:** <br>Commissioner|**Originating Division:** <br>Facilities Division|**Access Listing:**<br>Level I: All Access|



**I.** **Introduction and Summary:**

Offenders assigned to the Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC) may be
transferred from a state facility or private facility to a county facility to serve the
remainder of any portion of their prison sentence. This assignment shall be based on
rules established by the Board of Corrections and the Georgia Department of
Corrections. The selection of offenders for county placement shall be based on
standard criteria. This procedure will establish guidelines for the transferring of
offenders from state or private facilities to county facilities to meet administrative,
work, or security needs.

**II.** **Authority:**

A. GDC Board Rules: 125-2-4-18 and 125-1-1-.08; and

B. GDC Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs): 220.02 Security Classification and

222.01 Inter-Institutional Transfer.


**III.** **Definitions:** None.


**IV.** **Statement of Policy and Applicable Procedures:**

This policy is applicable to all state, private, and county facilities and Offender
Administration.

County facilities are generally considered work camps. Offenders assigned to these
work camps should at a minimum meet the following criteria:


A. SELECTION CRITERIA FOR COUNTY PLACEMENT:


1. Offenders must have a GED or high school diploma to be eligible for

placement.

2. Security level shall be medium or below.

3. Offenders should have NO history of escape from a secure correctional facility

within the last five (5) years.


|GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS<br>Standard Operating Procedures|Col2|Col3|
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|**Policy Name:**County Facility Placement|**Policy Name:**County Facility Placement|**Policy Name:**County Facility Placement|
|**Policy Number:** 222.02|**Effective Date:**5/1/2020|**Page Number:** 2 of 5|
|**Authority:** <br>Commissioner|**Originating Division:** <br>Facilities Division|**Access Listing:**<br>Level I: All Access|



4. Offenders serving with a crime of violence should not have more than one (1)

prior incarceration for violence and no high or greatest facility disciplinary
reports for violent acts within the last twelve (12) months.

5. Offenders should not be assigned to their county of conviction.

6.  Detainers, Special Notifications, or Pending Charges:


a. Federal Immigration Detainers, Federal Detainers or Out of State

Detainers will not be considered for county placement.

b. No Active Detainers, Special Notifications, or Pending Charges of a

Violent Nature or Violations of Georgia Controlled Substance Act for
which the offender may be subject to a life sentence. Offender
Administration will also consider all other pending charges. Examples
include, but not limited to:


1) Armed Robbery;

2) Aggravated Assault;

3) Hijacking A Motor Vehicle;

4) Kidnapping with Bodily Injury;

5) Enticing A Child for Indecent Purposes; and

6) Trafficking.


c.  Offenders with pending charges of a Non-Violent nature will be considered

for county placement.

d.  Pending Non-Violent charges that might carry a sentence of > 20 years will

NOT be considered for placement in County Facilities.


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|**Policy Name:**County Facility Placement|**Policy Name:**County Facility Placement|**Policy Name:**County Facility Placement|
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|**Authority:** <br>Commissioner|**Originating Division:** <br>Facilities Division|**Access Listing:**<br>Level I: All Access|











|Code<br>Section|Offense|Punishment|
|---|---|---|
|16-5-46|Trafficking a Person for Labor or Sexual<br>Servitude|Max. 50 or<br>Life|
|16-5-72|Reckless Abandonment of Child|Max.<br>25<br>years|
|16-6-13|Keeping a Place of Prostitution, Pimping, or<br>pandering involving person under age of 16|<br>Max.<br>30<br>years|
|16-8-22|Theft of Cargo collective value at least<br>$10,000 but less than $1 million|<br>Max.<br>25<br>years|
|16-11-1|Treason|Max. Life|
|16-12-125|Unlawful to Avoid or Interfere with<br>Security Measure WIT Commit a Felony|<br>Max.<br>25<br>years|
|16-13-31|Trafficking<br>of<br>Certain<br>Controlled<br>Substances over 400 grams|Mandatory<br>Minimum<br>25 years.|
|16-13-13.1|Trafficking MDMA, Ecstasy (any weight)|Max<br>30<br>years|
|16-8-22|Theft of Cargo collective value $1 million<br>or more|Max<br>30<br>years|


7. Routine transfer request from state or private facilities should generally be



made only after the offender has been assigned to a facility for a minimum of
six (6) months. The offender must have presented a proven ability to adjust to
the prison setting. Transfers shall be done according to SOP 222.01, InterInstitutional Transfer.

8. An offender should not have more than thirteen (13) years left on his sentence

before tentative parole month (TPM) or maximum release date (MRD).

9. Life sentence for substance abuse may be considered if the offender has made

good facility adjustment and meets the security level requirements. (No
excessive fines. i.e. $500,000.00 or more.)

10. Sexual Offenders with Aggravated Offenses will NOT be considered for

county placement. (IE: Aggravated Sodomy, Aggravated Child Molestation)


**NOTE:** Statutory Rape and other non-violent sexual offenses will be reviewed
by Offender Administration on a case by case basis.


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|**Authority:** <br>Commissioner|**Originating Division:** <br>Facilities Division|**Access Listing:**<br>Level I: All Access|



11. Offenders must be able to work. (Chronic care issues, insulin dependent, or

severe heart problems may not be appropriate.)

12. Ex-government employees, especially law enforcement, can be reviewed for

county placement on a case by case basis.

13. Special consideration should be given to offenders who are:


a. Tractor operators, cooks, heavy equipment operators, electricians,

plumbers, and barbers.

b. Interested in being trained to operate heavy equipment.

c. Skilled in building construction or road construction.

d. Licensed class A, B, or C drivers.

B. REFERRAL PROCESS:


1. Routine Transfers from State/Private Facilities: Routine transfer requests from

state or private facilities should generally be made only after the offender has
been assigned to a facility for a minimum of six (6) months. The offender must
have presented a proven ability to adjust to the prison setting. If approved by
the Facility Classification Committee, the request for transfer should be
entered in SCRIBE for County Camp Assignment. When entering the request,
please list any offender skills and most recent work assignment. Offender
Administration will review the appropriate records and make a final decision
regarding the request and transfer to a county facility.

2. Central Office Transfers: Offenders may be transferred directly from a

Diagnostic Facility to a county facility after completing the diagnostic process.
In addition, Offender Administration may reassign an offender from a state or
private facility to a county facility at any time based on administrative needs.
These offenders may be selected from an overall listing of medium or
minimum security offenders who are county eligible based on the criteria
outlined in this policy.


|GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS<br>Standard Operating Procedures|Col2|Col3|
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|**Policy Name:**County Facility Placement|**Policy Name:**County Facility Placement|**Policy Name:**County Facility Placement|
|**Policy Number:** 222.02|**Effective Date:**5/1/2020|**Page Number:** 5 of 5|
|**Authority:** <br>Commissioner|**Originating Division:** <br>Facilities Division|**Access Listing:**<br>Level I: All Access|



3. Offender Request: Offenders assigned to a state or private facility may request

transfer to a county facility based on his/her good behavior as an offender. The
offender should make his request to his/her assigned facility counselor. This
request will be processed using the procedure outlined in Section B.

C. FINAL APPROVAL: All recommendations for transfer are subject to final

approval by Central Office staff.

**V.** **Attachments:** None.

**VI.** **Record Retention of Forms Relevant to this Policy:** None.