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Hancock State Prison is a Georgia Department of Corrections state prison for men located in Hancock County, Georgia. [2] The facility opened in 1991 and currently has a capacity of 1191 prisoners. In 2010, Hancock state prison participated in the 2010 Georgia prison strike using contraband cell phones.
Johnson State Prison: Wrightsville: Medium 1612 Adult males Lee State Prison Leesburg: Medium 762 Adult males Long Unit: Ludowici: Medium 212 Adult males Macon State Prison: Oglethorpe: Close 1762 Adult males Montgomery State Prison Mount Vernon: Medium 418 Adult males Phillips State Prison: Buford: Close 925 Adult males Pulaski State Prison ...
The State of Georgia passed a rewritten death penalty law in 1973. In 1976 the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the Georgia death penalty was constitutional. [19] In June 1980 the site of execution was moved to GDCP, and a new electric chair was installed in place of the original one. The original chair was put on display at the Georgia State Prison.
National Register of Historic Places in Hancock County, Georgia (3 P) Pages in category "Buildings and structures in Hancock County, Georgia" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total.
The Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC) is the code department [1] [2] of the Illinois state government that operates the adult state prison system. The IDOC is led by a director appointed by the Governor of Illinois , [ 3 ] and its headquarters are in Springfield .
Women under the sentence of death are housed at the Arrendale State Prison. [11] The site of execution was moved from the Georgia State Prison to GDCP in June 1980, and a new electric chair was installed in place of the previous one, which was moved to a display at the Georgia State Prison. On December 15, 1983, the first execution at GDCP ...
Oct. 3—SPARTA, Ga. — A Hancock County grand jury has indicted two defendants on charges related to separate murder cases. Grand jurors returned the indictments last week in Hancock County ...
The Burruss Correctional Training Center is a medium security level prison located in Forsyth, Georgia in Monroe County. It opened in 1986, and consists of four buildings. The prison provides work and rehabilitation programs for general population inmates. The facility houses adult male felons and juveniles. It is named after Al Burruss.