Jackson georgia prison. The inmates housed at jackson county ga state prison located at 265 iw. The community was named after president andrew jackson. The number of privileges allowed depends on the security level of the prison the inmate and the overall needs of the prison on a specific day.
Provide housing for state offenders and a general labor force supporting jackson county government. Inmates in state prison enjoy certain privileges such as tv use and recreation both indoor and outdoor. Jackson state prison is the commonly used name to refer to the georgia diagnostic and classification prison.
Opened in 1969 georgia diagnostic and classification prison gdcp is a georgia department of corrections prison for men in unincorporated butts county georgia near jackson. The center of population of georgia is located in jackson. Founded in 1826 jackson began as a 303 acre 123 km2 plot purchased for the.
Georgia diagnostic and classification prison is located in jackson georgia part of butts county. Davis road in jefferson ga are placed according to their custody level determined by a number of factors including the past criminal history and the length of their sentence. Georgia has minimum medium and maximum security prisons.
Gdc is one of the largest prison systems in the nation with 15000 employees who are all focused on one goal our mission of protecting the public is. The population was 3934 at the 2000 census. The prison holds the state execution chamber.
It is a maximum security prison that has the death row. Jackson is a city in butts county georgia united states. The execution equipment was moved to the prison in june 1980 with the first execution in the facility occurring on december 15 1983.
Welcome to the georgia department of corrections official website including information on offenders prison probation and incarceration facilities resources for victims and general public information about georgia corrections operations. It has a security level of closed custodydeath row and can hold 2487 adult male inmates. The prison was opened in 1968.
This is a prison for males located in jackson georgia state. It opened in 1989 in jefferson georgia. There are ample educational and vocational training programs for all inmates especially ones.
The georgia diagnostic and classification state prison of the georgia department of corrections is a maximum security prison in unincorporated butts county about 8 miles 13 km southwest of jackson. Adult male felons constructed. The city is the county seat of butts county.
Georgia diagnostic and classification prison. Jackson state prison ga.