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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.
S.M.U. Special Management Unit at Georgia Diagnostic and Classification State Prison [1] Jackson: Special management unit 192 Adult males Telfair State Prison: Helena: Close 1410 Adult males Valdosta State Prison & Annex: Valdosta: Close 1184 Adult males Walker State Prison Rock Spring: Medium 444 Adult males Ware State Prison: Waycross: Close ...
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 Department of Corrections officer walks in 2011 at the entrance to the Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison in Jackson. - Erik S. Lesser/AFP/Getty Images Inmate claimed trial ...
Georgia prison officials have flagrantly violated a court order to reform conditions for prisoners in the state's most restrictive holding facility, showing “no desire or intention" to make the ...
The Georgia Diagnostic and Classification State Prison of the Georgia Department of Corrections is a maximum security prison in unincorporated Butts County about 8 miles (13 km) southwest of Jackson. It is home to Georgia's death row and execution facility. [13] The prison is also home to maximum security general population (non-death row).
Willie James Pye has become the first person to be executed in Georgia in four years.. The 59-year-old was sentenced to death for the 1993 murder, kidnapping, armed robbery, rape and burglary of ...
Butts County is a county in the West Central region of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 25,434, [1] up from 23,655 in 2010. [2] The county seat is Jackson. [3] The county was created on December 24, 1825. Butts County is included in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell MSA.