SOP_NUMBER: 222.06-att-2
TITLE: Offender's Decision Concerning Optional Consular Notification
REFERENCE_CODE: IIA23-0001
DIVISION: Facilities
TOPIC_AREA: 222 Policy-Court/Release/Transport/Transfer
EFFECTIVE_DATE: 2023-11-02
WORD_COUNT: 165
POWERDMS_URL: https://public.powerdms.com/GADOC/documents/105781
URL: https://gps.press/sop-data/222.06-att-2/

SUMMARY:
This form documents a non-U.S. citizen offender's choice regarding whether the Georgia Department of Corrections should notify their country's consular representatives of their arrest or detention. Consular officials may provide assistance with legal counsel, family contact, and visitation. The form must be signed by the offender and placed in their institutional file.

KEY_TOPICS: consular notification, non-U.S. citizen, foreign national, consular officials, legal assistance, offender rights, international arrest notification, detention notification, consular services

ATTACHMENTS:
  1. Mandatory Notification Countries and Jurisdictions
     URL: https://gps.press/sop-data/222.06-att-1/
  2. Offender's Decision Concerning Optional Consular Notification
     URL: https://gps.press/sop-data/222.06-att-2/
  3. Consular Notification Facsimile Form
     URL: https://gps.press/sop-data/222.06-att-3/

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SOP 222.06
Attachment 2

11/02/2023


**Offender’s Decision Concerning Optional Consular Notification**


_____________________________________________
Offender’s Name

_____________________________________________
Offender’s GDC Identification Number

As a non-U.S. citizen who is being arrested or detained, you are entitled to have the
Georgia Department of Corrections notify your county’s consular representatives here in
the United States. A consular official from your country may be able to help you obtain
legal counsel, and may contact your family and visit you in detention, among other
things. If you want this Department to notify your country’s consular officials, you can
request this notification now, or at any time in the future. After your consular officials
are notified, they may call or visit you.

Do you want this Department to notify your country’s consular officials?

Please circle the desired response: **YES** **NO**

**______________________________________________**
Offender’s Signature ID Number

______________________________________________
Date


Retention Schedule: Upon completion, this form shall be placed in the offender’s institutional file and
retained according to the official retention schedule for that file.