Jackson state prison georgia. The doc publishes the names of their current inmates and identifies which of their locations the inmate is being held. The population was 3934 at the 2000 census. Inmate death under investigation.
Your search should start with the first doc locator to see if your loved one is there. The execution equipment was moved to the prison in june 1980 with the first execution in the facility occurring on december 15 1983. Inmates in state prison enjoy certain privileges such as tv use and recreation both indoor and outdoor.
Georgia has minimum medium and maximum security prisons. It is a maximum security prison that has the death row. Jackson state prison is the commonly used name to refer to the georgia diagnostic and classification prison.
Provide housing for state offenders and a general labor force supporting jackson county government. Disturbance at ware state prison. This is a prison for males located in jackson georgia state.
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. 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 community was named after president andrew jackson.
Jackson is a city in butts county georgia united states. 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. Jackson county ga state prison is a facility in the georgia department of corrections.
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. Jackson state prison ga.
This facility is responsible for the classification and diagnostic processing of many offenders it is also responsible for housing offenders who have been. Georgia diagnostic and classification prison is located in jackson georgia part of butts county. The city is the county seat of butts county.
The prison was opened in 1968.