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State/province. Georgia. Country. United States. 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. [2]
Atlanta: Special mission 67 Adult males & adult females Jimmy Autry State Prison: Pelham: Medium 1712 Adult males 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 ...
Opened. 1902. Managed by. Federal Bureau of Prisons. Federal Penitentiary Atlanta 1920 postcard. The United States Penitentiary, Atlanta (USP Atlanta) is a low-security United States federal prison for male inmates in Atlanta, Georgia. It is operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, a division of the United States Department of Justice.
Inmate Name. Register Number. Status. Details. Roy Gardner. Unlisted*. Served several years of a 75-year sentence at USP Atlanta; attempted to escape in 1926. Notorious bank robber and escape artist; stole over $350,000 in cash and securities from banks and mail trains in 1920 and 1921. [29][30] Harry Golden.
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The Old Atlanta Prison Farm is an abandoned, city-owned prison complex in southwest DeKalb County in the U.S. state of Georgia. From approximately 1920 to 1990, the farm was worked by prisoners to produce food for the region's prison system. [1][2] There are limited historical records detailing the operation of the farm, especially after 1965.
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.
60 Days In is a television docuseries on A&E, in which volunteers are incarcerated as undercover prisoners for 60 days. [1] Internationally, it is known as The Jail: 60 Days In[2] and airs in over 100 other countries. [3] The show premiered on March 10, 2016, [1] while Season 2 premiered on August 18. [4] Seasons 1 and 2 took place in Clark ...