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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.
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.
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.
Barnett was charged with a number of offenses including first degree burglary, attempting to elude police, aggravated assault on an officer and felony possession of cocaine, according to WEIS radio. The cause of death was hanging, according to the Floyd County Jail public information officer. Jail or Agency: Floyd County Jail; State: Georgia
A former jail employee with the Jackson County Sheriff's Office was arrested Wednesday after a GBI investigation into a domestic assault.
It’s possible Kansas City or other local jurisdictions could build their own jails next to the new Jackson County Detention Center to save money. New $301 million Jackson County jail ...
Overall, more than 60 Fulton inmates have died between 2009 and October 2022, the highest total for any jail in Georgia during that time, according to the Journal-Constitution's investigation ...
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.