Johnson State Prison

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Johnson State Prison
Location Wrightsville, Georgia
Status open
Security class medium
Capacity 1600
Opened 1992
Managed by Georgia Department of Corrections

Johnson State Prison is located in Wrightsville, Georgia in Johnson County, Georgia. It is a medium security prison owned and operated by the Georgia Department of Corrections, it houses adult male felons. The facilities' capacity is 1600 inmates. Construction began in 1991 and it was opened in 1992.

Wrightsville, Georgia City in Georgia, United States

Wrightsville is a city in Johnson County, Georgia, United States. The population was 3,757 at the 2010 census, up from 2,223 at the 2000 census. The city limits include Johnson State Prison on the northeast side of town. Wrightsville was established February 23, 1886, and was named for John B. Wright, one of the members of the committee responsible for selecting the site for the town. The city is the county seat of Johnson County.

Johnson County, Georgia County in the United States

Johnson County is a county located in the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2010 census, the population was 9,980. The county seat is Wrightsville.

Georgia Department of Corrections

The Georgia Department of Corrections is an agency of the U.S. state of Georgia operating state prisons. The agency is headquartered in Forsyth, in the former campus of Tift College.

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