Arrendale State Prison

Arrendale State Prison

Location	2023 Gainesville Hwy Raoul, Georgia (Alto address)
Status	open
Security class	mixed
Capacity	1476
Opened	1926 / 1951
Managed by	Georgia Department of Corrections

Lee Arrendale State Prison of the Georgia Department of Corrections is a women's prison located in Raoul,^[1] unincorporated Habersham County, Georgia, near Alto,^[2] and in proximity to Gainesville.^[3] It houses the state death row for women.^[4]

It became exclusively a women's prison in early 2005. A number of the young male inmates were kept there until mid-2005, when they were moved to other prisons in the state. The prison has four dormitories and a medical building. The officers at Arrendale are still transitioning from one of the most violent prisons in Georgia to a general purpose women's prison. In March 2006, the prison took in 350 women prisoners from Georgia's overflowing jail system.^{[citation needed]}