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Macon State Prison: Oglethorpe: Close 1762 Adult males 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 ...
The incarceration numbers for the states in the chart below are for sentenced and unsentenced inmates in adult facilities in local jails and state prisons. Numbers for federal prisons are in the Federal line. Asterisk (*) indicates "Incarceration in STATE" or "Crime in STATE" links. Correctional supervision numbers for Dec 31, 2018.
Georgia State Prison was the main maximum-security facility in the US state of Georgia for the Georgia Department of Corrections. It was located in unincorporated Tattnall County . [ 1 ] First opened in 1938, the prison housed some of the most dangerous inmates in the state's history, and it was the site of Georgia's death row until 1980.
The state asked for bids from private companies, anticipating a major buildout of juvenile prisons. In 1995, Slattery won two contracts to operate facilities in Florida. The two new prisons were originally intended to house boys between 14 and 19 who had been criminally convicted as adults.
The Georgia Department of Corrections stated in its 1999 annual report that "Typically, all Georgia death row inmates are males" and are housed at the GDCP. In November 1998 Kelly Gissendaner, a woman, was given a death sentence and was housed in the Metro State Prison.
The prison holds the state execution chamber. The execution equipment was moved to the prison in June 1980, with the first execution in the facility occurring on December 15, 1983. [6] The prison houses the male death row (UDS, "under death sentence"), [7] while female death row inmates reside in Arrendale State Prison. [8]
Wheeler Correctional Facility is a medium-security prison for men, owned and operated by CoreCivic under contract with the Georgia Department of Corrections. It was built in 1998 in Alamo, Wheeler County, Georgia, [2] with a maximum capacity of 2874 inmates. [3]
Jenkins Correctional Facility is a privately operated, medium-security prison for men, owned and operated by CoreCivic under contract with the Georgia Department of Corrections. The facility was built in 2012 in Millen, Jenkins County, Georgia,. [1] The maximum capacity of the prison is 1150 inmates. [2]