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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: 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 Mount Vernon: Medium 418 Adult males Phillips State ...
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.
A Georgia prison guard died Sunday after he was attacked by an inmate, state officials said. Correctional officer Robert Clark, 42, died at a hospital after an inmate assaulted him with a homemade ...
A father from Georgia has been released from prison 10 years after his toddler died in a hot car, a case that made global headlines after prosecutors accused him of murder. Justin Ross Harris was ...
Wrightsville is a city in and the county seat of Johnson County, Georgia, United States. The population was 2,195 at the 2010 census, [4] down from 2,223 at the 2000 census. By 2020, its population grew to 3,449. The city limits include Johnson State Prison on the northeast side of town.
Smith State Prison, which has capacity for 1,500 inmates, is a close-security prison that houses offenders considered violent or an escape risk. Show comments Advertisement
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 houses over 3,000. [ 2 ] The US Department of Justice found in 2024 that conditions in the jail were unconstitutionally "inhumane, violent and hazardous".