Fact sheet, Georgia state prison 2020

FACT SHEET
GEORGIA STATE PRISON

2020

TIMOTHY C. WARD COMMISSIONER RICKY MYRICK CHIEF OF STAFF AHMED HOLT ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER FACILITIES DIVISION

Built in 1936 to house juveniles, Georgia State Prison (GSP), formerly Georgia Industrial Institute, was purchased by the state in 1937 for approximately 1.3 million dollars. At one time, GSP was considered a Hi-Max facility, responsible for housing the most dangerous offenders in the state. The mission of the facility, now, is to ensure public safety by effectively operating a safe and secure facility while housing medium general population, mental health and problematic male adult offenders incarcerated in the Georgia prison system.

GEORGIA STATE PRISON
Opened 1937, renovated 1979 Houses 1,537 special mission adult male felons
NOTABLE EVENTS BLOODY SUNDAY
On July 23, 1978, Correctional Officer Dan Harrison was killed in the line of duty during a riot referred to as Bloody Sunday
Officer Harrison was killed while attempting to aid a fellow Officer
A bronze statue was erected and placed in the rotunda of GSP in his memory
On May 29, 2013, the Department dedicated a memorial plaque outside Roberts Chapel at GDC headquarters in memory of officers killed in the line of duty. Officer Harrison's name is one of the 27, that appear on the plaque.

PROPERTY DETAILS
Approximately 9,800 acres of land 4,500 acres in cultivation Large percentage of the state's vegetable, beef, pork and dairy products consumed in the state's facilities are produced on the GSP reservation
162 staff housing on property Offender cemetery on property
904 offenders buried
INMATE HOUSING
Nine buildings containing four, three-tiered cell blocks with single cells
One building with four dormitories that are two-tiered cell blocks with single cells
INMATE DETAILS
Contract with Evans County Georgia Correctional Industries detail Grounds and outside maintenance Mobile Construction Outside Maintenance Fire Station
PROGRAMMING
ACADEMIC General Education Diploma Adult Basic Education Literacy/Remedial Reading
COUNSELING Motivation for Change Reentry Skills Building Matrix Early Recovery Skills Matrix Relapse Prevention Thinking for a Change Moral Reconation Therapy Family Violence Lifer's Group SOPP

FACT SHEET
GEORGIA STATE PRISON

2020

TIMOTHY C. WARD COMMISSIONER RICKY MYRICK CHIEF OF STAFF AHMED HOLT ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER FACILITIES DIVISION

Career, Techncial and Higher Education Custodial Maintenance Building Maintenance Kitchen Helper Food Prep Laundry Warehouse/Store Clerk General Clerk Chaplaincy/Education Law Library/Library Welding Sheet Metal Worker Electrician Helper Plumber Helper Construction Worker I Painter I & II Groundskeeper Barber Carpenter Apprentice Career Guidance Technician Fire Fighter I Pipe Fitter Small Engine Mechanic Auto Detailing Food Service-Baker Forklift Operator Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC) Horticulture Recreation Aide
ACCREDITATION
AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION First prison to in the United States to receive accreditation for health care delivery services
AMERICAN CORRECTIONAL ASSOCIATION (ACA) First prison in the state to receive accreditation for meeting the requirements set forth by the ACA for Adult Correctional Facilities

CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
In January 1938, the electric chair was moved to GSP in Reidsville
First execution took place on May 6, 1938 and the last was October 16, 1964
From 1924 to 1964, there were a total of 415 executions: 162 in Milledgeville & 253 in Reidsville
First woman to be executed was Lena Baker Supreme Court suspended all executions in the United
States from 1964 to 1976 In June 1980, the electric chair was moved to the
Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison (GDCP) in Jackson and executions resumed and no longer took place at GSP In 2001, the Supreme Court ruled the use of the electric chair violated the state constitution's ban on cruel and unusual punishment