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| Location | 300 1st Avenue South Reidsville, Georgia address United States |
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| Status | Closed |
| Security class | mixed |
| Capacity | 1550 |
| Opened | 1938 |
| Closed | 2022 |
| Managed by | Georgia Department of Corrections |
| Warden | Trevonza Bobbitt |
| County | Tattnall |
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.
Despite a published capacity of 1,530,[2] the facility housed approximately 1,900 inmates,[3] with a wide range of security levels from Minimum to Close. The last warden was Trevonza Bobbitt.[3]
The historic prison building stands at 300 1st Avenue South near Reidsville, Georgia. The state's extensive farm operation, Rogers State Prison, is also nearby - about a mile away.
- ^ "2020 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Tattnall County, GA" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. p. 6 (PDF. p. 7/16). Retrieved August 13, 2022.
Georgia State Prison
- ^ "GA STATE PRISON | The Georgia Department of Corrections". www.dcor.state.ga.us. Archived from the original on January 30, 2021. Retrieved February 15, 2021.
- ^ a b "New Warden at Georgia State Prison". dcor.state.ga.us. Georgia Department of Corrections. July 9, 2019.