Description of Facility
Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison is a close custody prison that serves several purposes and populations. It has a primary focus of classifying men who have just entered into the Georgia correctional system, at which time they are either transferred to their permanent facility or they finish their sentence at this location. This facility also has the distinction of being where state executions take place and houses inmates on death row.
The facility opened in 1968 and can house up to 2,487 male inmates. This institution is comprised of Eight double bunked cell blocks, seven dormitories, a 17 bed transition program (STEP) and a medical unit.
Georgia Department of Corrections requires all visitors complete a visitors application and be approved before visiting. Start by doing the following: