Charles D Hudson Transitional Center

The Charles D Hudson Transitional Center is a minimum-security facility for adult male felons who are nearing the end of their sentence with the Georgia Department of Corrections. The center is located in LaGrange, Georgia and can house a maximum of 155 inmates. The host facility for the Charles D. Hudson Transitional Center is the Rutledge State Prison.

The mission of the Charles D Hudson Transitional Center is to help the inmates make a successful transition back to society via social skills and employment training. Inmates are housed in dorms with four-man rooms.

Prison Insights

Visiting Hours and Rules

Visiting hours at the Charles D Hudson Transitional Center are 9:00 am to 3:00 pm Saturdays, Sundays, and State Holidays.

Who Can Visit?

Before you can visit an inmate at Charles D Hudson Transitional Center, the inmate must put you on their visiting list, and you must be approved by the Georgia Department of Corrections. Visitor applications are available by clicking here. 

Individuals who are not considered “immediate” family members may be allowed to visit by being considered as a significant relationship visitor. For individuals wanting to visit as a significant relationship visitor, the inmate must initiate the request. 

General Visiting Rules

Visitors are required to present a photo ID prior to their admission for visiting. Your identification will be kept in a secure area outside the actual visitation area and will be returned to you at the conclusion of the visit. 

Visitors can only bring the following items into the visiting room:

• Photo ID
• A maximum of $20.00 in coins for the vending machines, and 
• A set of car keys

You are not allowed to bring food or drink into the facility from the outside. Funds for inmates from visitors are accepted only through the Consolidated Banking Unit, and may not be brought into the Charles D Hudson Transitional Center. 

All visitors are subject to a search of their person by electronic surveillance instruments, including a metal detector. All items brought into the facility by a visitor will be searched. 

Personal contact (hand shaking, embracing or kissing) is permitted only at the beginning and end of the visit. Excessive, frequent or prolonged embracing, hand holding, kissing, or other inappropriate behavior during the visit is strictly prohibited.

Dress Code

Visitors are required to wear appropriate attire in the visiting room. Shoes are required of all visitors, including children, at all times. 

Male visitors are required to wear shirts and full-length trousers. Females are required to wear foundation type garments such as bras, panties, and a slip. Any type of clothing that is suggestive or revealing in any way is prohibited.

Inappropriate clothing includes, but is not limited to: 

• Dresses with thin straps which expose shoulders or chest area in any manner
• Dresses, skirts, or other similar garments that are more than two inches above the knees
• Tops which exposes shoulders or chest area in any manner
• Tube tops or halter tops of any type
• Clothing which reveals the stomach or midriff area
• Clothing that is made of sheer, net, mesh or transparent material
• Shorts of any kind or any kind of slacks that are above the knee 
• Leggings, jeggings, or any other skin tight pants

How to Call an Inmate

You can't call an inmate who is housed at the Charles D Hudson Transitional Center. However, they do have access to phones during certain hours and are allowed to make outgoing calls.

How to Send Money

You can send money to an inmate housed at the Charles D Hudson Transitional Center through JPay (online) or MoneyGram (in person). You also have the option of mailing a money order.

To send money with JPay using a debit or credit card, click here. To find a MoneyGram location so you can send cash, click here. To mail a money order, click here to print the voucher and step-by-step directions.

Food Packages

Programs For Inmates

• Academic: General Education Diploma (Prep/Testing)
• Counseling: Individual and Group Counseling, Odyssey Program, Basic World of Works, Residence Planning, Substance Abuse Education, Alcoholics Anonymous/Narcotics Anonymous, Fatherhood Services.
• Recreation: General Recreation
• Religious Activities: Various Worship Services, Bible Study, Pastoral Counseling
• Vocational/OJT: Maintenance Worker Lite, Food Service Lite, Line Cook Lite,  , Groundskeeper, Laundry Housekeeper Lite & ForkLift Certification. 

Ten residents at Charles D. Hudson Transitional Center are assigned work detail in food service, buildings and grounds maintenance, and sanitation. The remaining residents are assigned to work release.

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Careers at Charles D Hudson Transitional Center

If you are interested in a career with the Georgia Department of Corrections and would like to work at the Charles D Hudson Transitional Center, click here.