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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.
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 State Prison was the main maximum-security facility in the US state of Georgia for the Georgia Department of Corrections. It was located in unincorporated Tattnall County . [ 1 ] First opened in 1938, the prison housed some of the most dangerous inmates in the state's history, and it was the site of Georgia's death row until 1980.
Smith State Prison is a Georgia Department of Corrections state prison for men located in Glennville, Tattnall County, Georgia. [ 1 ] The facility opened in 1993, and has a maximum capacity of 1615 inmates held at close security level.
Opened in 1969, [3] Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison (GDCP) is a Georgia Department of Corrections prison for men in unincorporated Butts County, Georgia, [4] near Jackson. [5] The prison holds the state execution chamber.
One inmate was strangled to death in February 2004. At the prison, juvenile inmates are kept separate from the adult population but attend education classes together. As a result of the prison's troubles, the state of Georgia decided to make Arrendale a women's prison to improve its status as the second most violent prison in the state.
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.
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. The goal was to improve safety in Georgia ...