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Year closed Bostick State Prison: 2010 Georgia State Prison: 2022 Homerville State Prison 2009 Men's State Prison: 2011 Metro State Prison: 2011 Milan State Prison 2008 Rivers State Prison 2008 Scott State Prison 2009 Thomas County Prison 2017 Troup County Correctional Institution 2017 Wayne State Prison 2008
The prison was closed by the Georgia Department of Corrections on February 19, 2022, due to aging infrastructure and the need to safely house larger numbers of violent inmates and gang members. Prior to closure, all prisoners had been transferred to other locations.
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia prison officials are “deliberately indifferent” to unchecked deadly violence, widespread drug use, extortion and sexual abuse at state lockups, the U.S. Justice ...
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.
Georgia prison officials have flagrantly violated a court order to reform conditions for prisoners in the state's most restrictive holding facility, showing “no desire or intention" to make the ...
The creation of the podcast began after Wetherbee began reporting on prison conditions when the Department of Justice announced its investigation into Georgia prisons for civil rights violations ...
The Fulton County Jail, also referred to as Rice Street, [1] is a prison in Atlanta, Georgia. It was built to hold up to 1,125 prisoners in 1989 but now occasionally tops 3,000. It was built to hold up to 1,125 prisoners in 1989 but now occasionally tops 3,000.
The U.S. Department of Justice on Tuesday announced a statewide civil rights investigation into Georgia prisons, citing particular concern about violence. Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke ...