Correctional healthcare for the 1,230 bed Dougherty County Jail Facility in Albany.
The Dougherty County Jail Facility is a 1,230 bed pretrial facility where, per the inmate handbook, medical services are already delivered under the authority and direction of a licensed physician, every booking gets EMIT drug testing, and counseling access for substance abuse and mental health runs through Medical. GENESYS would staff that full model, intake toxicology, medical clearance, sick call and behavioral health referrals, as one coordinated clinical program.
GENESYS is physician-owned, with clinical decisions made by doctors and a named medical director accountable for clinical policy and NCCHC-aligned standards of care. Vacancies are covered through overtime, compliance pool nurses and contingency staffing so open shifts are filled. Schedule an assessment and we will walk through a staffing plan for the Albany facility.
Every GENESYS contract is built from the same nine services, sized to the facility's population and staffing model. Each one has its own page with the detail.
We will walk through a staffing plan, coverage hours and how the transition would work for your population.
The Dougherty County Sheriff's Office operates the Dougherty County Jail Facility, a 1,230 bed pretrial detention facility at 1302 Evelyn Avenue in Albany. Per the facility's own inmate handbook, medical services are delivered by qualified medical personnel under the authority and direction of a licensed physician.
Contracting out healthcare for a pretrial facility this size means staffing intake screening, sick call and chronic care to match a population that turns over constantly, with every booking screened the same way regardless of how long that person ends up staying, while the Sheriff's Office keeps custody and security.
Per the jail's inmate handbook, EMIT drug testing is conducted on all new inmates as well as inmates already in custody. That means an intake protocol has to account for toxicology testing on every single booking at a 1,230 bed facility, plus periodic retesting of the standing population, not just a sample of new arrivals, which adds a steady volume of lab work and results tracking on top of standard medical clearance.
The handbook states that inmates can access counseling programs covering alcohol and substance abuse, mental health, and psychological and psychiatric needs, requested through Medical. Routing counseling access through the medical department means the clinical team is the front door for behavioral health referrals, not a separate program running on its own, so medical and mental health staffing need to be planned together.
No county correctional institution is listed for Dougherty; the jail facility is the county's sole Sheriff's Office detention site.
It is a 1,230 bed pretrial detention facility at 1302 Evelyn Avenue in Albany, per the Sheriff's Office. Vera Institute data puts average daily population at about 770, a three year median, which a healthcare contract should use to size physician care and nursing coverage.
Per the facility's inmate handbook, EMIT drug testing is conducted on all new inmates as well as inmates already housed in the jail. That means intake toxicology work runs continuously, not just at the point of booking, which a clinical staffing plan has to account for.
The inmate handbook states that counseling programs covering alcohol and substance abuse, mental health, and psychological and psychiatric needs are requested through Medical. A correctional healthcare contract should route those referrals through the same clinical team handling physical health, not a separate system.
Per the inmate handbook, the facility provides medical services by qualified medical personnel under the authority and direction of a licensed physician. GENESYS is physician-owned, with a named medical director accountable for clinical policy at every program it runs.
See what a GENESYS program built around the Dougherty County Jail Facility's intake and counseling model would look like for your facility.
Schedule an assessment
GENESYS offers unlimited opportunities, and you will make a difference in the lives of your patients. In this industry you will gain experience, earn recognition, and advance your career with relative ease.
Copyright © 2026 GENESYS Health Alliance. All rights reserved.