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A state investigation into a sprawling contraband scheme inside the prison resulted in the arrest and firing of the prison's warden, Brian Adams, in February 2023. He was charged with racketeering ...
An incarcerated man who shot and killed a 24-year-old woman working in the prison’s kitchen before turning ... early Sunday morning in the kitchen of Smith State Prison in rural southeast Georgia.
GLENNVILLE, Ga. (AP) — An inmate who shot and killed a kitchen worker at a Georgia prison before fatally shooting himself had a personal relationship with the woman, a prison official said Monday.
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.
Montgomery State Prison Mount Vernon: Medium 418 Adult males Phillips State Prison: Buford: Close 925 Adult males Pulaski State Prison: Hawkinsville: Medium 1211 Adult females Rogers State Prison: Reidsville: Medium 1391 Adult males Rutledge State Prison Columbus: Medium 640 Adult males Smith State Prison: Glennville: Close 1570 Adult males
Officer Robert Clark, 42, was escorting two inmates from the dining hall at Smith State Prison when he was attacked from behind
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., with others, was arrested at an Atlanta sit-in on October 19, 1960. While the others were released, King was held regarding a previous traffic case and was transferred to the Georgia State Prison in Reidsville, Georgia on October 22, where he was a prisoner until October 29; pressure from soon-to-be president John F. Kennedy, and the entire Kennedy family, saw King ...
In April 2023, Smith State Prison had two brutal assaults with one resulting in a man’s death. On April 5, an inmate was discovered dead, possibly strangled by his roommate.