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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.
Georgia Department of Corrections male Death Row (Under Death Sentence - UDS) inmates are housed at the GDCP. The latest report (As of September 25, 2021) shows a total of thirty-nine (39) male felons currently housed on Georgia's Death Row. [10] Women under the sentence of death are housed at the Arrendale State Prison. [11]
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.
The US Justice Department has entered a court-enforceable agreement with Georgia’s Fulton County over jail conditions that federal investigators have described as inhumane, violent and unsanitary.
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation said its agents are investigating the late Tuesday shooting at Washington County Regional Hospital in Sandersville, about 60 miles (96 kilometers) east of Macon
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An inmate at a county jail in Georgia killed his cellmate with his bare hands Sunday “simply because of the color of his skin,” authorities said.
Incarceration rates by state. From various years; latest available as of June 2024. State, federal, and local inmates. [1] This article has lists of US states and US territories by incarceration and correctional supervision rates. There are also counts of inmates for various categories.