State prisoners are assigned by the Georgia Department of Corrections through a yearly contract approved by the Board of Commissioners. County inmates are received from the local courts and are usually sentenced for up to 12 months in jail. Only healthy inmates are housed at the prison due to the work requirement of each inmate. The prison is rated as a medium security institution which housed medium, minimum and trustee inmates. Officers working inmates on outside details are authorized to carry weapons, but most details are unarmed.
Some classes require mandatory attendance prior to any consideration for parole.
Prison labor has saved county taxpayers millions of dollars by providing a ready labor force. The prison is a separate department under the control of the Board of Commissioners and the Georgia Department of Corrections. The Warden is the manager of the prison appointed by the Commissioners and approved by the State Board of Corrections. State prisoners who have been classified by the Department of Corrections as either medium, minimum or trustee security. Only those prisoners who can work are housed at the prison.