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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.
The Georgia Department of Corrections operates prisons, transitional centers, probation detention centers, and substance use disorder treatment facilities. In addition, state inmates are also housed at private and county correctional facilities.
Georgia Department of Corrections Lee Arrendale State Prison of the Georgia Department of Corrections is a women's prison located in Raoul , [ 1 ] unincorporated Habersham County , Georgia , near Alto , [ 2 ] and in proximity to Gainesville . [ 3 ]
The court ordered the Georgia Department of Corrections to carry out the execution on a date between November 19–26, 2015. Commissioner Homer Bryson has set the date for Thursday, November 19, at the Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison in Jackson at 7 p.m. Johnson was convicted in 1998 for the murder of Angela Sizemore and executed ...
Hays State Prison is a Georgia Department of Corrections state prison for men located at 777 Underwood Drive in Trion, Chattooga County, Georgia. [1] The facility opened in 1990 and currently has a capacity of 1683 prisoners.
Johnson State Prison is located in Wrightsville, Georgia in Johnson County, Georgia. It is a medium security prison owned and operated by the Georgia Department of Corrections, it houses adult male felons. The facilities' capacity is 1600 inmates. Construction began in 1991 and it was opened in 1992.
Jimmy Autry State Prison is a state prison located in Mitchell County, near Pelham, Georgia. [1] It was constructed in 1992 and opened in 1993. Autry houses close security inmates who, due to their offense or behavior, would not be safe in the general prison population. Sex offender treatment is compulsory.
Rogers State Prison is a Georgia Department of Corrections state medium-security prison for men located in unincorporated Tattnall County, Georgia, [1] near Reidsville. [2] Currently, the operational capacity of the facility is 1391 inmates and its warden is Brian Chambers. [3]