Metro State Prison, previously the Metro Correctional Institution,[1] is an American former Georgia Department of Corrections prison for women in unincorporated southern DeKalb County, Georgia,[2] near Atlanta.[1][3] Female death row inmates (UDS, "under death sentence") were held in the Metro State Prison.[4] The prison had room for 779 prisoners. It was closed in 2011.[5] In 2018, the prison was renovated and reopened as the Metro Reentry Facility.
- ^ a b "Metro Correctional Institution Temporarily State's Only Co-ed Prison." Waycross Journal-Herald. Monday August 30, 1993. P-4. Retrieved from Google News on November 18, 2012.
- ^ "2020 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: DeKalb County, GA" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. pp. 10, 14 (PDF p. 11, 15/22). Retrieved 2022-08-13.
Metro State Prison
- ^ "Metro State Prison Archived 2010-05-23 at the Wayback Machine." Georgia Department of Corrections. Retrieved on July 18, 2010.
- ^ "Inmates Under Death Sentence January 1, 2011 Changes to UDS Population During 2010." (Archive) Georgia Department of Corrections. 3/7. Retrieved on November 18, 2012.
- ^ Cook, Rhonda. "State closed DeKalb County prison." Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Friday April 1, 2011. Retrieved on November 18, 2012.