 Georgia Diagnostic and Classification State Prison Entrance on Hwy. 36 in Butts County, Georgia | |
  Location in Georgia | |
| Location | Jackson, Georgia, U.S. |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 33°13′16″N 84°03′39″W / 33.22111°N 84.06083°W |
| Status | Operational |
| Security class | Maximum Security / Death Row |
| Capacity | 2,300 |
| Population | Adult Male Felons - 2,238 Inmates - 5.67% of state prison population.[1] |
| Opened | 1968 (renovated in 1998) |
| Managed by | Georgia Department of Corrections |
| Governor | Brian Kemp |
| Warden | Antoine Caldwell[2] |
| Website | gdc.georgia.gov/ga-diagnostic-class-prison |
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. 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]
The prison, the largest in the state, consists of eight cellblocks containing both double-bunked and single-bunked cells. There are also eight dormitories and a medical unit. The prison conducts diagnostic processing for the state correctional system, houses male offenders under death sentence (UDS), and carries out state-ordered executions by lethal injection. The prison complex also contains a special management unit that houses some of the most aggressive and dangerous prisoners in the correctional system.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-19. Retrieved 2011-09-16.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "New Warden at Georgia Diagnostic & Classification State Prison, January 28, 2022". Georgia Department of Corrections. Retrieved 2023-05-12.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-10-15. Retrieved 2017-05-24.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "2020 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Butts County, GA" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. p. 6 (PDF p. 7/10). Retrieved 2022-08-13.
Georgia Diagnostic and Classification State Prison
- ^ "Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison Archived April 23, 2010, at the Wayback Machine." Georgia Department of Corrections. Retrieved on July 18, 2010. "HWY 36 WEST" "JACKSON, GA 30233." and the travel directions "Take I-75 south toward Macon to Exit 201, Jackson/Barnesville. Exit and turn left, go over the bridge and travel approximately ¼ mile. Turn left at the second traffic light, you will see the entrance to the Diagnostic Center ahead on the left, a Wilco Travel Plaza and Hess fueling station on the right. Follow Prison Boulevard to the facility."
- ^ "Office of Planning and Analysis: The Death Penalty Archived July 22, 2011, at the Wayback Machine." Georgia Department of Corrections. January 2010. 3/15. Retrieved on July 18, 2010.
- ^ "Inmates Under Death Sentence January 1, 2010 Changes to UDS Population During 2009 [permanent dead link]." Georgia Department of Corrections. 3/7. Retrieved on July 18, 2010.
- ^ "Inmates Under Death Sentence January 1, 2012 Changes to UDS Population During 2011." (Archive) Georgia Department of Corrections. Retrieved on November 18, 2012.