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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
The Georgia Department of Corrections provides jobs for hundreds of people within Tattnall County and surrounding counties. Smith State Prison, a close-security facility, is located 2 miles north of Glennville. The facility can house 1000+ inmates at any given time.
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.
The Georgia Department of Corrections in a statement said it's investigating the deaths at Smith State Prison in rural southeast Georgia. The agency provided few immediate details, including how ...
Correctional officers confiscated 14,497 cellphones inside state prisons last year, double the 7,224 seized in 2019, Commissioner of Corrections Tyrone Oliver told a Georgia Senate study committee ...
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.
The mother of a prison worker at Georgia’s Smith State Prison discovered an inmate killed her daughter after another convict called her using a contraband phone.. Aramark employee Aureon Grace ...