RRM Atlanta at a glance
RRM Atlanta is one of the Bureau of Prisons’ 22 Residential Reentry Management field offices. It covers four federal judicial districts — the three in Georgia and the single district of South Carolina — from an office on McDonough Boulevard in southeast Atlanta, in the Bureau’s Southeast Region, and it administers eight halfway-house contracts.
Each row below is as bop.gov printed it on 17 September 2026, the contract count from the Bureau’s national reentry contract list of that date.
| Official name | RRM Atlanta |
|---|---|
| BOP code | CAT |
| BOP region | Southeast Region |
| Judicial districts | Northern Georgia · Middle Georgia · Southern Georgia · South Carolina |
| Street address | 719 MCDONOUGH BLVD S.E., ATLANTA, GA 30315 |
| Staff mail | STAFF NAME, RRM Atlanta, RESIDENTIAL REENTRY OFFICE, 719 MCDONOUGH BLVD. S.E, ATLANTA, GA 30315 |
| Phone | 470-832-5841 |
| Fax | 404-635-5390 |
| Halfway-house contracts | 8 (September 2026) |
On this page
What does RRM Atlanta do?
It is the Bureau’s field office for community placement across Georgia and South Carolina, and an administrative office rather than a building anyone is held in. The Bureau puts the job this way: RRMs “administer contracts for community-based programs and serve as the Federal Bureau of Prisons local liaison with the federal courts, the U.S. Marshals Service, state and local corrections, and a variety of community groups within their specific judicial districts,” and “RRM Staff also monitor local Residential Reentry Centers.”
The name is newer than the work. Bureau policy called these offices Community Corrections Managers, and Program Statement 7310.04, the 1998 statement still governing referrals, uses that term throughout; Program Statement 5325.09, issued June 22, 2026, “Changes Community Corrections references to Residential Reentry Management (RRM)” at p. 1. A document that says CCM and one that says RRM mean the same office.
Which federal judicial districts does RRM Atlanta cover?
Four. bop.gov prints them as Northern Georgia, Middle Georgia, Southern Georgia and South Carolina — in statutory form, the Northern, Middle and Southern Districts of Georgia and the District of South Carolina. Georgia “is divided into three judicial districts” under 28 U.S.C. § 90; South Carolina “constitutes one judicial district comprising eleven divisions” under § 121, so the bare state name reaches every division. See our pages on federal prisons in Georgia and federal prisons in South Carolina.
No second office prints any of the four, which is not true everywhere: Middle Florida appears under both RRM Miami and RRM Orlando. Around RRM Atlanta the edges are clean: Florida’s three districts belong to those two offices, North Carolina’s three and both Virginia districts to RRM Raleigh, and Tennessee’s to RRM Nashville.
The office that handles a case is fixed by the release district, not by the district the prison stands in. Program Statement 7310.04 at p. 12 tells a warden with significant doubt about a referral to “consider contacting the Chief USPO in the release district.” Someone finishing a sentence in Pennsylvania who will live in Charleston is an RRM Atlanta matter.
Which halfway houses does RRM Atlanta oversee?
Eight contracts, as the Bureau’s national list stood in September 2026, with a combined contract capacity of 465 beds — four in Georgia and four in South Carolina. A listing is not a placement promise, and the bed figures are contract capacities rather than counts of people in residence.
| Provider | Street address | City, State | Services | Beds (M / F / total) | Contract expires | Phone |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dismas Charities, Inc. | 300 & 400 Wendell Ct SW | Atlanta, GA 30336 | RRC/HC | 144 M / 21 F / 165 | June 30, 2028 | 502-636-2033 |
| Dismas Charities, Inc. | 602 Taylor St. | Augusta, GA 30601 | RRC/HC | 42 M / 11 F / 53 | December 31, 2026 | 502-636-2033 |
| Dismas Charities, Inc. | 742-744 Second Street | Macon, GA 31202 | RRC/HC | 43 M / 11 F / 54 | February 28, 2029 | 502-636-2033 |
| Dismas Charities, Inc. | 1006 Lynes Ave | Savannah, GA 31415 | RRC/HC | 36 M / 9 F / 45 | July 31, 2031 | 502-636-2033 |
| Alston Wilkes Society, Inc.; DBA: Alston Wilkes Central | 1218 Bull St. | Columbia, SC 29203 | RRC/HC | 34 M / 9 F / 43 | November 30, 2030 | 803-799-2490 |
| Alston Wilkes Society, Inc.; DBA: Alston Wilkes Central | 441 W. Cheves Street | Florence, SC 29501 | RRC/HC | 30 M / 7 F / 37 | June 30, 2029 | 803-799-2490 |
| Alston Wilkes Society, Inc.; DBA: Alston Wilkes Central | 614 Pendleton St. | Greenville, SC 29601 | RRC/HC | 27 M / 8 F / 35 | May 31, 2029 | 269-383-0450 |
| Alston Wilkes Society, Inc.; DBA: Alston Wilkes Central | 3290 Meeting Street Rd | North Charleston, SC 29405 | RRC/HC | 26 M / 7 F / 33 | June 30, 2029 | 803-799-2490 |
All eight carry the service code RRC/HC, a reentry center contract that also covers home confinement. The Bureau sets out what a residential reentry center asks of a resident: employment “40 hours/week within 15 calendar days after their arrival at the RRC,” and a subsistence fee of “25 percent of their gross income, not to exceed the per diem rate for that contract.”
Two oddities in the table are the Bureau’s, not ours. The Greenville row links to the contract directory rather than to a contract page, because the record for it carries no contract code, and the telephone printed against it is a 269 area code. The Augusta contract is the first of the eight to run out, on December 31, 2026.
When does halfway-house and home-confinement placement happen?
Two clocks run, and neither is a promise. Release Preparation Program enrollment comes first: Program Statement 5325.09 at p. 8 provides that “Inmates will be enrolled in the RPP between 18 and 24 months prior to their institution departure date to the community.” The referral decision comes later — Program Statement 7310.04 at p. 13 provides that “Normally 11 to 13 months before each inmate’s probable release date, the unit team shall decide whether to refer an inmate to a Community Corrections program.” That figure comes from a statement issued in December 1998 and never reissued on the point.
The statutory ceilings sit apart from that timetable. Under 18 U.S.C. § 3624(c)(1) a prisoner spends a portion of the final months of the term, “not to exceed 12 months,” preparing for reentry. Home confinement under § 3624(c)(2) may be used “for the shorter of 10 percent of the term of imprisonment of that prisoner or 6 months.” Custody earned through First Step Act time credits is bound by neither: § 3624(g)(10) provides that “The time limits under subsections (b) and (c) shall not apply to prerelease custody under this subsection.” We cannot guarantee a date or a center for anyone.
When those credits begin to accrue changes this month. Until September 30, 2026, 28 C.F.R. § 523.42(a) ties earning to “the date the inmate arrives or voluntarily surrenders at the designated Bureau facility where the sentence will be served”; the interim final rule First Step Act Time Credits-Revisions, 91 Fed. Reg. 55740 (Aug. 31, 2026), deletes that clause and says at 55740 that “This rule is effective September 30, 2026.” From then the paragraph reads that “An eligible inmate begins earning FSA Time Credits after the inmate’s term of imprisonment commences” (at 55743).
How do I contact RRM Atlanta?
The office takes calls at 470-832-5841 and its fax is 404-635-5390. bop.gov publishes a mailbox for it, CAT-CCM-S@bop.gov, the address attorneys generally write to. Staff mail goes to STAFF NAME, RRM Atlanta, Residential Reentry Office, 719 McDonough Blvd. S.E, Atlanta, GA 30315. The Bureau’s two records differ by a full stop — the location list prints 719 MCDONOUGH BLVD S.E. and the staff-mail block 719 MCDONOUGH BLVD. S.E — and the table above carries each as printed, with Fulton County as the county of record.
Nobody is held at an RRM office, and nothing should be posted to a person there. Mail for someone in a reentry center goes to that center; where a person is at all is answered by the Bureau’s inmate locator. The three roles divide cleanly: the unit team makes the referral, the contractor runs the daily rules, passes and sign-out, and this office administers the contracts and oversees placement and home confinement across its four districts.
Can someone in a halfway house or on home confinement under RRM Atlanta request compassionate release?
Yes. For a person already in prerelease custody the request is filed with this office rather than with a warden. Program Statement 5050.51, dated September 3, 2026, provides at p. 3 that “‘Warden’ includes Residential Reentry Manager for requests filed by inmates designated to an RRC or on home confinement.” The same page requires the request to address “why RIS is appropriate notwithstanding the inmate’s placement in prerelease custody,” and provides that requests “will be sent to the Residential Reentry Management Office responsible for the jurisdiction in which the inmate is confined.”
The court route is not changed by the address. Under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A) a defendant may move for a reduction after exhausting administrative rights or after “the lapse of 30 days from the receipt of such a request by the warden of the defendant’s facility, whichever is earlier” — here, the Residential Reentry Manager. Our compassionate release pages cover what a request has to show.
How do administrative remedies work for people under RRM Atlanta?
The process does not change; the address for the first step does. Program Statement 1330.18 at p. 6 provides that “CCC inmates may mail their Requests to the CCM” — in current language, to the Residential Reentry Manager. Response times are set at p. 9: a response is due “by the Warden or CCM within 20 calendar days; by the Regional Director within 30 calendar days; and by the General Counsel within 40 calendar days.” At p. 5, “Where the inmate demonstrates a valid reason for delay, an extension in filing time may be allowed.” Our guide to filing a BP-9 walks through the steps.
Frequently Asked Questions
What does RRM mean on a Bureau of Prisons address?
Residential Reentry Management. It is a field office, not a prison: it administers halfway-house contracts, oversees home confinement and acts as the Bureau’s local liaison with the courts, the U.S. Marshals Service and state corrections in its districts. Until 2026 Bureau policy called the same office a Community Corrections Manager.
Where does RRM Atlanta actually sit?
At 719 McDonough Blvd S.E. in Atlanta, in Fulton County, which the Bureau prints as its county of record. It sits in the Southeast Region and is administrative: nobody is held there, it takes no inmate mail, and it is not a place to visit anyone in a reentry center.
How many halfway houses does RRM Atlanta contract with?
Eight, on the Bureau’s national list in September 2026: four in Georgia, at Atlanta, Augusta, Macon and Savannah, and four in South Carolina, at Columbia, Florence, Greenville and North Charleston. Their capacities add to 465 beds. A capacity is not a vacancy.
Who makes the halfway-house decision, the prison or the RRM office?
The prison, in the first instance. Program Statement 7310.04 at p. 13 gives the referral decision to the unit team, normally 11 to 13 months before a probable release date. RRM Atlanta administers the contracts and oversees a placement once it is made; families cannot apply to it.
How long can a stay in a reentry center run?
The statute sets ceilings rather than entitlements. Under 18 U.S.C. § 3624(c)(1) prerelease custody covers a portion of the final months of a term, “not to exceed 12 months.” Custody earned with First Step Act credits sits outside that limit, by § 3624(g)(10).
Does RRM Atlanta handle a release to Florida or North Carolina?
No. Florida’s three districts are printed under RRM Miami and RRM Orlando — the Bureau lists Middle Florida under both — and North Carolina’s three under RRM Raleigh. This office prints Georgia’s three and South Carolina, and the district a person goes home to decides.
Who should a family call about a problem inside a halfway house?
The center first. Daily rules, passes, sign-out and employment conditions are the contractor’s to run, and most problems are settled there. Where the issue is the contract, the placement or home-confinement oversight, it belongs to RRM Atlanta. A formal complaint begins with the Residential Reentry Manager.
Where we can help
Work on a Georgia or South Carolina release usually comes down to three things. Timing — how much of a final year is spent in a reentry center or at home — is early release work turning on the computation and on First Step Act credits. A refusal or a short referral is tested on the record made at the institution, which is prison consulting work. And a person in prerelease custody here with grounds for a reduction in sentence files under Program Statement 5050.51 with this office rather than with a warden.
Elizabeth Franklin-Best, P.C. is a federal criminal defense and post-conviction firm based in Columbia, South Carolina, practicing nationwide. Mentions of Georgia places on this page do not imply an office or a lawyer there.
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Sources and currency
Bureau of Prisons documents
- RRM Atlanta, Federal Bureau of Prisons, 2026. Districts, addresses, telephone, fax and mailbox.
- Offices, Federal Bureau of Prisons, 2026. What these field offices do.
- Residential Reentry Management Centers, Federal Bureau of Prisons, 2026. Employment and subsistence requirements.
- RRC Contact Directory, Federal Bureau of Prisons, 2026. The list behind the table above.
- Community Corrections Center (CCC) Utilization and Transfer Procedure, Program Statement 7310.04, Federal Bureau of Prisons, 1998. Release district, p. 12; referral timing, p. 13.
- Release Preparation Program, Program Statement 5325.09, Federal Bureau of Prisons, 2026. Renaming, p. 1; RPP enrollment, p. 8.
- Compassionate Release / Reduction in Sentence, Program Statement 5050.51, Federal Bureau of Prisons, 2026. The Residential Reentry Manager as “Warden,” p. 3.
- Administrative Remedy Program, Program Statement 1330.18, Federal Bureau of Prisons, 2014. Extensions, p. 5; filing with the CCM, p. 6; response times, p. 9.
Court records and statutes
- 18 U.S.C. § 3624, Office of the Law Revision Counsel. Subsections (c)(1), (c)(2) and (g)(10).
- 18 U.S.C. § 3582, Office of the Law Revision Counsel. The 30-day lapse, § 3582(c)(1)(A).
- 28 U.S.C. § 90, Office of the Law Revision Counsel. Georgia’s three districts.
- 28 U.S.C. § 121, Office of the Law Revision Counsel. South Carolina as one district.
- First Step Act Time Credits-Revisions, 91 Fed. Reg. 55740 (Aug. 31, 2026). Effective date, 55740; amended 28 C.F.R. § 523.42(a), 55743.
Sources reviewed September 2026.
Reviewed for legal accuracy by Elizabeth Franklin-Best, Esq., Principal Attorney·September 2026