Hancock State Prison

Hancock State Prison is a Georgia Department of Corrections state prison for men located in Hancock County, Georgia.[1] The facility opened in 1991 and currently has a capacity of 1267 prisoners.

Hancock State Prison

Location	701 Prison Boulevard Sparta, Georgia
Capacity	1267
Opened	1991
Managed by	Georgia Department of Corrections

In 2010, Hancock state prison participated in the 2010 Georgia prison strike using contraband cell phones. The goal was to improve safety in Georgia state prisons and get rid of free labor.

A riot in November 2011 left 12 prisoners injured. The fight was gang-related, and organized with contraband cell phones.[2] Hancock is one of several high-security Georgia state prisons found to have a large percentage of inoperative locks. In June 2012 auditors found 28% of Hancock's locks either didn't work or could be defeated.[3]

Hancock was one of nine Georgia state prisons implicated in an FBI sting operation announced in February 2016. The agency indicted 47 correction officers who'd agreed to deliver illegal drugs while in uniform. These charges were "part of a larger public corruption investigation into Georgia Correctional Facilities".[4]

Convicted serial killer Wayne Williams is serving a life sentence at Hancock.

References

"Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-02-22. Retrieved 2014-02-05.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
http://www.wrdw.com/home/headlines/134536263.html
http://www.correctionsone.com/corrections/articles/6303767-Ga-state-prison-finds-new-issue-with-locks/
"47 Georgia Correctional Officers Arrested in Drug Conspiracy". WSAV. 11 Feb 2016. Retrieved 28 July 2016.

Georgia Department of Corrections facilities
State prisons	Arrendale State Prison Augusta State Medical Prison Autry State Prison Baldwin State Prison Burruss Correctional Training Center Calhoun State Prison Central State Prison Coastal State Prison Dodge State Prison Dooly State Prison Emanuel Women’s Facility Georgia Diagnostic and Classification State Prison Georgia State Prison Hancock State Prison Hays State Prison Helms Facility Johnson State Prison Lee State Prison Long State Prison Macon State Prison Montgomery State Prison Phillips State Prison Pulaski State Prison Rogers State Prison Rutledge State Prison Smith State Prison Special Management Unit at Georgia Diagnostic and Classification State Prison Telfair State Prison Valdosta State Prison & Annex Walker State Prison Ware State Prison Washington State Prison Whitworth Women's Facility Wilcox State Prison
Reentry facilities	Metro Reentry Facility
Transitional centers	Albany Transitional Center Arrendale Transitional Center Atlanta Transitional Center Augusta Transitional Center Charles D. Hudson Transitional Center Clayton Transitional Center Coastal Transitional Center Columbus Transitional Center Macon Transitional Center Metro Transitional Center Phillips Transitional Center Smith Transitional Center Valdosta Transitional Center
Probation facilities	Bacon Probation Detention Center Bainbridge Probation Substance Abuse Treatment Center Bleckley Probation Detention Center Colwell Probation Detention Center Emanuel Probation Detention Center McEver Probation Detention Center Patten Probation Detention Center Paulding Probation Detention Center Treutlen Probation Detention Center Women’s Probation Detention Center
Substance abuse facilities	Appling Integrated Treatment Facility Northwest Residential Substance Abuse Treatment Center Turner Residential Substance Abuse Treatment Center West Central Integrated Treatment Facility
Private facilities	Coffee Correctional Facility Jenkins Correctional Facility Riverbend Correctional Facility Wheeler Correctional Facility
County facilities	Athens-Clarke County Correctional Institution Bulloch County Correctional Institution Carroll County Correctional Institute Clayton County Prison Colquitt County Prison Coweta County Prison Decatur County Prison Effingham County Prison Floyd County Prison Gwinnett County Prison Hall County Correctional Institution Harris County Prison Jackson County Correctional Institution Jefferson County Correctional Institute Mitchell County Correctional Institute Muscogee County Prison Richmond County Correctional Institution Screven County Prison Spalding County Correctional Institution Sumter County Correctional Institute Terrell County Correctional Institute
Closed facilities (partial list)	Bostick State Prison Homerville State Prison Men's State Prison Metro State Prison Milan State Prison Rivers State Prison Scott State Prison Thomas County Prison Troup County Correctional Institution Wayne State Prison
See also	2010 Georgia prison strike

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.