Location | Lawrence Road Milledgeville, Georgia |
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Status | closed |
Security class | medium / mixed |
Capacity | 600 |
Opened | 1950 |
Closed | 2011 |
Managed by | Georgia Department of Corrections |
Men's State Prison was a Georgia Department of Corrections prison for men in Milledgeville, Georgia, near Hardwick. [1] [2] [3] The facility closed in 2011.
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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Coordinates: 33°02′49″N83°13′26″W / 33.046867°N 83.223976°W
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