Correctional healthcare for the Charles B. Webster Detention Center under Augusta's consolidated city county government.
The Richmond County Sheriff's Office runs the Charles B. Webster Detention Center at a rated capacity of 1,050, with an average daily population of 1,165 in FY2024, plus the separate 220 bed Richmond County Correctional Institution for longer stay offenders. GENESYS would staff intake screening, sick call, chronic care and medication administration to the population actually in custody at both facilities, with a distinct clinical approach for the correctional institution's longer stays.
GENESYS is physician-owned, with a named medical director accountable for clinical policy, quality assurance and NCCHC-aligned standards of care, and leadership reachable 24/7/365. 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 Augusta's jail division.
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The Richmond County Sheriff's Office, under Augusta's consolidated city county government, operates the Charles B. Webster Detention Center at 1941 Phinizy Road in Augusta. The Jails Division reports a rated bed capacity of 1,050 and an average daily inmate population of 1,165 in FY2024.
Contracting out healthcare for a jail this size means staffing to the population actually in custody rather than the rated bed count. Intake screening, sick call, chronic care and medication passes all have to scale to a population running above 1,100 a day, while the Sheriff's Office keeps custody and security of the facility.
The Jails Division's own figures put average daily population at 1,165 against a rated bed capacity of 1,050 in FY2024. At that volume, sick call turnaround and chronic disease management for conditions like diabetes and hypertension have to be sized to the population actually held. The Sheriff's Office has also described a planned expansion project that could add up to 300 additional beds, which would change the staffing math again once it moves forward.
Richmond County is also home to Richmond County Correctional Institution, a 220 bed medium security state facility at 2314 Tobacco Road in Augusta. It holds a separate population of state sentenced offenders from the pretrial detention center, with longer average stays and more chronic condition management than a short stay jail population carries. See prison healthcare for how a longer stay population changes the clinical program.
The 1,165 figure is the Jails Division's own FY2024 average; the Vera Institute figure is a separate three year median and may read differently.
The Jails Division reports a rated bed capacity of 1,050 and an average daily inmate population of 1,165 in FY2024. The Sheriff's Office has also described a planned expansion project that could add up to 300 beds, which a healthcare contract would need to plan around as it moves forward.
Yes. The Charles B. Webster Detention Center on Phinizy Road holds the pretrial jail population under the Sheriff's Office. Richmond County Correctional Institution on Tobacco Road is a separate, 220 bed medium security state facility for longer stay offenders. See prison healthcare for how that population differs.
Per the Jails Division, the detention center provides medical, mental health and dental services. A correctional healthcare contract is how a county turns that into staffed coverage: physician care, nursing, dental, mental health, pharmacy and medication management working from one set of clinical protocols.
At an average daily population above 1,100, a contract needs all nine core services, physician care, nursing, dental, mental health, pharmacy, medication management, medical records, ancillary services and claims processing, sized to the FY2024 population and ready to flex if the planned bed expansion goes forward.
See what a GENESYS program built around the Charles B. Webster Detention Center's FY2024 population and Richmond County's correctional institution would look like for your facility.
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