Georgia womens prison. We set the exceptional standard for protecting the public through our people processes and infrastructure. It houses the state death row for women. Follow hwy77 into hartwell and then make a right onto hwy 172 towards bowman.
The operational theme is women working and it combines rehabilitative programs community service self discipline and labor in order to improve self confidence independence and respect for ones self and for others. Judges may sentence offenders directly to prison or offenders may be sent to prison as a result of. The states death row for men is in the georgia diagnostic and classification prison gdcp in butts county georgia.
It became exclusively a womens prison in early 2005. Medium special mission 1537 adult males hancock state prison. Take i 85n to exit 173 lavoniahwy 17.
The georgia department of corrections has 34 state prisons across the state of georgia which house nearly 52000 felony offenders. A number of the young male inmates were kept there until mid 2005 when they were moved to other prisons in the state. Whitworth womens facility is three miles on the left.
At the traffic light take a left onto hwy 59 cross the railroad tracks and follow until it intersects with hwy 77 and turn right. The baldwin state prison previously the baldwin correctional institution and the georgia womens correctional institution gwci is a prison located in milledgeville georgia united statesthe prison has a capacity of 900. State prisons house violent repeat or nonviolent offenders who have exhausted all other forms of punishment.
This prison once served as a death row prison where its said that the remains of an electric chair can still be found. Go right onto hwy 17 south into lavonia. Four open dormitories with bunk beds.
The georgia department of corrections protects the public by operating safe and secure facilities through the development of professional staff and effective offender management. Medium 415 adult females georgia diagnostic and classification state prison. Close 1201 adult males hays state prison.
Special mission 2423 adult males georgia state prison. Emanuel womens facility swainsboro. Close 1100 adult males helms.
From 1735 until 1924 persons condemned to death were hanged by the sheriff of the county or judicial circuit where the crime occurred. Lee arrendale state prison of the georgia department of corrections is a womens prison located in unincorporated habersham county georgia near alto and in proximity to gainesville. An official website of the state of georgia government covid 19 state hotline 844 442 2681 skip to main content.
In the 40s and 50s volunteers were offered a chance to flip the switches for only 25. This main maximum security prison in georgia houses around 1500 inmates some of which are the most dangerous in the entire state.