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Georgia correctional populations of Census 2020 vintage

We recommend using these addresses only for guidance in identifying prison populations in the Census data and warn against assuming that the prisons were in fact counted at that particular location.

Facility Name Prisoners Type Address City Zip County Survey Date
Albany Transitional Center 148 State 304 North Washington Street Albany 31701 Dougherty 6/30/2012
Appling Integrated- Treatment Center 58 State 252 West Park Drive Baxley 31513 Appling 6/30/2012
Appling Co. Jail 67 Local 12/31/2013
Arrendale Probation Substance Abuse Center 192 State 2023 Gainesville Highway South Alto 30510 6/30/2012
Athens-Clark County Correctional Institution 110 Local 2825 County Farm Road Athens 30605 Clarke 6/30/2012
Athens-Clarke County Correctional Institution 104 Local 12/31/2013
Atlanta - Camp 561 Federal 601 Mcdonough Blvd Se Atlanta 30315 Fulton 6/30/2012
Atlanta City Detention Center 557 Local 12/31/2013
Atlanta Transitional Center 251 State 322 Ponce De Leon Avenue, Ne Atlanta 30308 Fulton 6/30/2012
Atlanta USP 1,889 Federal 601 Mcdonough Blvd Se Atlanta 30315 Fulton 6/30/2012
Atlanta USP 1,911 Federal 601 Mcdonough Blvd Se Atlanta 30315 Fulton 4/2/2020
Atlanta-Camp 148 Federal 601 Mcdonough Blvd Se Atlanta 30315 Fulton 4/2/2020
Augusta State Medical Prison 1,313 State 3001 Gordon Highway Grovetown 30813 Columbia 6/30/2012
Augusta Transitional Center 200 State 601 Taylor Street Augusta 30901 Richmond 6/30/2012
Autry State Prison 1,722 State 3178 Mt Zion Church Road Pelham 31779 6/30/2012
Bacon Co. Jail 61 Local 12/31/2013
Bacon Probation Dentention Center 232 State 165 East Eastside Industrial Boulevard Alma 31510 Bacon 6/30/2012
Bainbridge Probation Substance Abuse Center 392 State 235 State Hospital Road Bainbridge 39817 Decatur 6/30/2012
Baldwin Co. Jail 190 Local 12/31/2013
Baldwin State Prison 923 State Laying Farm Road Hardwick 31034 Baldwin 6/30/2012
Banks Co. Jail 40 Local 12/31/2013
Barrow County Detention Center 229 Local 12/31/2013
Bartow Co. Jail 575 Local 12/31/2013
Berrien Co. Jail 68 Local 12/31/2013
Bibb Co. Law Enforcement Ctr. 909 Local 12/31/2013
Bleckley County Jail 57 Local 12/31/2013
Bleckley Probation Dentention Center 238 State 179 Jac Arts Road Cochran 31014 6/30/2012
Bobby Whitworth Parole Center 30 State 414 Valley Hart Road Hartwell 30643 Hart 6/30/2012
Brantley Co. Jail 85 Local 12/31/2013
Brooks Co. Jail 79 Local 12/31/2013
Bryan Co. Jail 50 Local 12/31/2013
Bulloch Co. Jail 278 Local 12/31/2013
Bulloch County Correctional Institution 130 Local 12/31/2013
Bulloch County Prison 140 Local 17301 Us Highway 301 North Statesboro 30458 Bulloch 6/30/2012
Burke Co. Jail 94 Local 12/31/2013
Burruss Correctional Training Center 687 State 1000 Indian Springs Drive Forsyth 31029 Monroe 6/30/2012
Butts Co. Det. Ctr. 104 Local 12/31/2013
Calhoun Co. Jail 15 Local 12/31/2013
Calhoun State Prison 1,662 State 27823 Main Street Morgan 39866 Calhoun 6/30/2012
Camden Co. Public Safety Fac. 115 Local 12/31/2013
Candler Co. Jail 25 Local 12/31/2013
Carlton Colwell Probation Dentention Center 265 State 189 Beasley Street Blairsville 30512 Union 6/30/2012
Carroll Co. Jail 449 Local 12/31/2013
Carroll County Prison 235 Local 96 Horsley Mill Road Carrollton 30117 Carroll 6/30/2012
Carroll County Prison 214 Local 12/31/2013
Catoosa Co. Jail 185 Local 12/31/2013
Cecil A. Moore Law Enforcement Ctr. 35 Local 12/31/2013
Central State Prison 1,118 State 4600 Fulton Mill Road Macon 31208 Bibb 6/30/2012
Charles B. Webster Detention Center 817 Local 12/31/2013
Chatham County Adult Detention Center 1,524 Local 12/31/2013
Chattooga Co. Jail 50 Local 12/31/2013
Cherokee Co. Jail 563 Local 12/31/2013
City of Acworth Detention Center 19 Local 12/31/2013
Clarke Co. Jail 468 Local 12/31/2013
Claxton City Jail 2 Local 12/31/2013
Clayton County Correctional Institution 237 Local 11420 S.L.R. Boulevard Lovejoy 30250 Clayton 6/30/2012
Clayton County Correctional Institution 230 Local 12/31/2013
Clayton County Jail 1,283 Local 12/31/2013
Clayton Transitional Center 354 State 242 Falcon Drive Forest Park 30297 Clayton 6/30/2012
Clinch Co. Jail 9 Local 12/31/2013
Coastal State Prison 1,428 State 200 Gulfstream Road Garden City 31418 Chatham 6/30/2012
Coastal Transitional Center 255 State 309 Stiles Avenue Savannah 31405 Chatham 6/30/2012
Cobb County Sheriffs office Jail & Prison Unit 1,632 Local 12/31/2013
Coffee Co. Jail 194 Local 12/31/2013
Coffee Correctional Facility 2,648 Private 1153 North Liberty Street Nicholls 31554 6/30/2012
Colquitt County Prison 174 Local 2000 County Farm Road Moultrie 31768 Colquitt 6/30/2012
Colquitt County Prison 182 Local 12/31/2013
Columbia Co. Det. Ctr. 254 Local 12/31/2013
Columbus Transitional Center 179 State 3900 Schatulga Road Columbus 31908 Muscogee 6/30/2012
Cook Co. Jail 95 Local 12/31/2013
Coweta County Jail 335 Local 12/31/2013
Coweta County Prison 202 Local 101 Selt Road Newnan 30263 Coweta 6/30/2012
Coweta County Prison 200 Local 12/31/2013
Crawford Co. Jail 14 Local 12/31/2013
Crisp Co. Jail 133 Local 12/31/2013
CSC - Dismas House of Atlanta West 161 Private 300 Wendell Court Atlanta 30336 Fulton 6/30/2012
Cuthbert City Jail 6 Local 12/31/2013
D. Ray James Corr Facl CI 2,498 Private Highway 252 East Folkston 31537 Charlton 6/30/2012
D. Ray James Corr Facl CI 1,702 Private Highway 252 East Folkston 31537 Charlton 4/2/2020
Dade Co. Jail 45 Local 12/31/2013
Dawson Co. Jail 152 Local 12/31/2013
Decatur Co. Jail 43 Local 12/31/2013
Decatur Coounty Prison 226 Local 1153 Airport Road Bainbridge 39817 Decatur 6/30/2012
Decatur County Prison 280 Local 12/31/2013
Dekalb County Jail 2,380 Local 12/31/2013
Dismas House of Macon 155 Private 744 2Nd Street Macon 31201 Bibb 6/30/2012
Dodge State Prison 1,220 State 2971 Old Bethel Road Chester 31012 6/30/2012
Dooly County Justice Center 42 Local 12/31/2013
Dooly State Prison 1,693 State 1412 Plunkett Road Unadilla 31091 6/30/2012
Dougherty Co. Jail 767 Local 12/31/2013
Douglas Co. Jail 719 Local 12/31/2013
Early Co. Jail 43 Local 12/31/2013
East Point City Jail 40 Local 12/31/2013
Effingham Co. Jail 120 Local 12/31/2013
Effingham County Prison 219 Local 321 Highway 119 South Springfield 31329 Effingham 6/30/2012
Effingham County Prison 180 Local 12/31/2013
Emanuel Probation Detention Ctr 369 State 121 Casa Drive Twin City 30471 6/30/2012
Emanuel Women's Facility 568 State 714 Gumlog Road Swainsboro 30401 Emanuel 6/30/2012
Evans Co. Jail 20 Local 12/31/2013
Fannin Co. Jail 55 Local 12/31/2013
Fayette Co. Jail 260 Local 12/31/2013
Floyd Co. Prison 414 Local 12/31/2013
Floyd County Prison 342 Local 329 Black Bluff Road, Sw Rome 30161 Floyd 6/30/2012
Floyd County Work Release Center 82 Local 12/31/2013
Forsyth Co. Jail 189 Local 12/31/2013
Franklin Co. Detention Center 75 Local 12/31/2013
Georgia Diagnostic And Classification State Prison 2,296 State 2979 Hwy 36, West Jackson 30233 6/30/2012
Georgia State Prison 1,445 State 300 1St Avenue South Reidsville 30453 Tattnall 6/30/2012
Gilmer Co. Jail 102 Local 12/31/2013
Glynn Co. Det. Ctr 389 Local 12/31/2013
Gordon City Jail 2 Local 12/31/2013
Gordon County Sheriff's office 288 Local 12/31/2013
Greene Co. Law Enforcement Ctr. 46 Local 12/31/2013
Grovetown City Jail 8 Local 12/31/2013
Gwinnett Co. Department of Correction - Comprehensive Correctiona 370 Local 12/31/2013
Gwinnett County Jail 2,180 Local 12/31/2013
Gwinnett County Prison 128 Local 750 High Hope Road Lawrenceville 30043 Gwinnett 6/30/2012
Hall County Correctional Institution 217 Local 12/31/2013
Hall County Detention Center 733 Local 12/31/2013
Hall County Prison 161 Local 1694 Barber Road Gainesville 30507 Hall 6/30/2012
Hancock Co. Jail 39 Local 12/31/2013
Hancock State Prison 1,270 State 701 Prison Boulvard Sparta 31087 Hancock 6/30/2012
Haralson Co. Jail 91 Local 12/31/2013
Harris Co. Jail 73 Local 12/31/2013
Harris Co. Prison 114 Local 12/31/2013
Harris County Prison 118 Local 9982 Georgia Highway 116 Hamilton 31811 Harris 6/30/2012
Hart Co. Jail 45 Local 12/31/2013
Hays State Prison 1,674 State 777 Underwood Road Trion 30753 6/30/2012
Heard Co. Jail 47 Local 12/31/2013
Helms Facility 36 State 1275 Constitution Road Atlanta 30316 6/30/2012
Henry Co. Jail 569 Local 12/31/2013
Houston Co. Jail 450 Local 12/31/2013
Irwin County Detention Center 803 Local 12/31/2013
Jackson City Jail 2 Local 12/31/2013
Jackson County Detention Center 120 Local 12/31/2013
Jackson County Prison 148 Local 255 Curtis Spence Drive Jefferson 30549 Jackson 6/30/2012
Jackson County Prison 150 Local 12/31/2013
Jasper Co. Jail 33 Local 12/31/2013
Jeff Davis Co. Jail 80 Local 12/31/2013
Jefferson Co. Jail 105 Local 12/31/2013
Jefferson County Prison 180 Local 12/31/2013
Jefferson County Prison 187 Local 1159 Clarks Mill Road Louisville 30434 6/30/2012
Jenkins Co. Jail 14 Local 12/31/2013
Jenkins Correctional Center 1,136 Local 12/31/2013
Jenkins Correctional Facility 1,124 Private 34404 Kent Farm Dr. Millen 30442 Jenkins 6/30/2012
Jesup - Camp 157 Federal 2600 Highway 301 South Jesup 31599 Wayne 6/30/2012
Jesup FCI 1,109 Federal 2600 Highway 301 South Jesup 31599 Wayne 6/30/2012
Jesup FCI 932 Federal 2600 Highway 301 South Jesup 31599 Wayne 4/2/2020
Jesup Fsl 624 Federal 2600 Highway 301 South Jesup 31599 Wayne 6/30/2012
Jesup-Camp 164 Federal 2600 Highway 301 South Jesup 31599 Wayne 4/2/2020
Jesup-Fsl 463 Federal 2600 Highway 301 South Jesup 31599 Wayne 4/2/2020
Johnson Co. Jail 32 Local 12/31/2013
Johnson State Prison 1,591 State 290 Donovan-Harrison Road Wrightsville 31096 Johnson 6/30/2012
Jones Co. Jail 125 Local 12/31/2013
Kennesaw City Jail 20 Local 12/31/2013
Lagrange Transitional Center 179 State 100 Jim Hester Road Lagrange 30241 Troup 6/30/2012
Lamar Co. Jail 65 Local 12/31/2013
Laurens Co. Jail 221 Local 12/31/2013
Lee Arrendale State Prison 1,495 State 2023 Gainesville Highway South Alto 30510 6/30/2012
Lee Arrendale Transitional Center 108 State 2023 Old Gainesville Highway South Alto 30510 6/30/2012
Lee Co. Jail 74 Local 12/31/2013
Lee State Prison 743 State 153 Pinewood Drive Leesburg 31763 Lee 6/30/2012
Liberty Co. Jail 218 Local 12/31/2013
Long Unit 227 State 1434 Us Highway 84 East Ludowici 31316 Long 6/30/2012
Lowndes Co. Jail 630 Local 12/31/2013
Lumpkin Co. Jail 147 Local 12/31/2013
Macon Co. Jail 28 Local 12/31/2013
Macon State Prison 1,769 State 2728 Hwy 49 South Oglethorpe 31068 Macon 6/30/2012
Macon Transition Center 232 State 1303 Constitution Road Atlanta 30316 6/30/2012
Madison Co, Jail 89 Local 12/31/2013
Manchester City Jail 9 Local 12/31/2013
Marion Co. Jail 22 Local 12/31/2013
Mcduffie Co. Jail 97 Local 12/31/2013
Mcever Probation Detention Center 234 State 2100 Kings Chapel Road Perry 31069 Houston 6/30/2012
Mcintosh Co. Jail 86 Local 12/31/2013
Mcrae CI 1,749 Private 112 Jim Hammock Drive Mcrae 31055 Telfair 6/30/2012
Mcrae CI 1,493 Private 112 Jim Hammock Drive Mcrae Helena 31055 Telfair 4/2/2020
Meriwether Co. Det. Ctr. 85 Local 12/31/2013
Metro Transitional Center 232 State 1303 Constitution Rd Atlanta 30316 6/30/2012
Metro Women's Transitional Center 232 State 1303 Constitution Road Atlanta 30316 6/30/2012
Milledgeville City Jail 4 Local 12/31/2013
Mitchell County Justice Center 77 Local 12/31/2013
Mitchell County Prison 86 Local 4838 Highway 37 East Camilla 31730 Mitchell 6/30/2012
Mitchell County Prison 92 Local 12/31/2013
Mize Street Detention Center 36 Local 12/31/2013
Monroe Co. Jail 191 Local 12/31/2013
Montgomery State Prison 415 State 650 Mt. Vernon/Alston Road Mt. Vernon 30445 Montgomery 6/30/2012
Morgan Co. Det. Ctr. 68 Local 12/31/2013
Murray County Sheriffs office 105 Local 12/31/2013
Muscogee Co. Prison 530 Local 12/31/2013
Muscogee County Jail 1,132 Local 12/31/2013
Muscogee County Prison 529 State 7175 Sacerdote Lane Columbus 31908 Muscogee 6/30/2012
Newton Co. Jail 484 Local 12/31/2013
Northwest Residential Substance Abuse Center 200 State 97 Kevin Lane Rock Spring 30739 6/30/2012
Oconee Co. Jail 40 Local 12/31/2013
Paulding Co. Det. Ctr. 213 Local 12/31/2013
Paulding Probation Dentention Center 260 State 1295 Industrial Boulevard, N Dallas 30132 Paulding 6/30/2012
Peach Co. Law Enforcement Ctr. 60 Local 12/31/2013
Pelham Municipal Jail 34 Local 12/31/2013
Phillips State Prison 1,149 State 2989 West Rock Quarry Road Buford 30519 6/30/2012
Phillips Transitional Center 292 State 2989 West Rock Quarry Road Buford 30519 6/30/2012
Pickens Co. Jail 80 Local 12/31/2013
Pierce Co. Jail 64 Local 12/31/2013
Pike Co. Jail 25 Local 12/31/2013
Polk Co. Jail 186 Local 12/31/2013
Pulaski Co. Jail 29 Local 12/31/2013
Pulaski State Prison 1,182 State Route 2, Upper River Road Hawkinsville 31036 6/30/2012
Putnam Co. Jail 89 Local 12/31/2013
Rabun Co. Jail 67 Local 12/31/2013
Randolph Co. Jail 25 Local 12/31/2013
Richmond Co. Corr. Inst. 211 Local 12/31/2013
Richmond County Prison 213 Local 2314 Tobacco Road Augusta 30906 Richmond 6/30/2012
Riverbend Correctional Facility 1,506 Private 196 Laying Farm Rd Milledgeville 31061 Baldwin 6/30/2012
Robert Patten Probation Detention Center 252 State 27 South 10Th Street Lakeland 31635 Lanier 6/30/2012
Rogers State Prison 1,500 State 1978 Georgia Highway 147 Reidsville 30453 Tattnall 6/30/2012
Roswell City Jail 11 Local 12/31/2013
Rutledge State Prison 626 State 7175 Manor Road Columbus 31908 Muscogee 6/30/2012
Screven Co. Jail 51 Local 12/31/2013
Screven County Prison 145 Local 859 Rockyford Road Sylvania 30467 Screven 6/30/2012
Seminole Co. Jail 51 Local 12/31/2013
Smith State Prison 1,614 State 9676 Highway 301 North Glennville 30427 6/30/2012
Smith Transitional Center 204 State 8631 Highway 301 North Claxton 30417 Evans 6/30/2012
Smyrna City Jail 17 Local 12/31/2013
Spalding Co. Jail 353 Local 12/31/2013
Spalding County Correctional Institution 378 Local 12/31/2013
Spalding County Prison 380 Local 295 Justice Boulevard Griffin 30224 6/30/2012
Stephens Co. Jail 135 Local 12/31/2013
Sumter Co. Jail 150 Local 12/31/2013
Sumter County Correctional Institute 340 Local 12/31/2013
Sumter County Prison 342 Local 346 Mcmath Mill Road Americus 31709 Sumter 6/30/2012
Tattnall Co. Jail 90 Local 12/31/2013
Taylor Co. Jail 44 Local 12/31/2013
Telfair Co. Jail 21 Local 12/31/2013
Telfair State Prison 1,428 State 210 Longbridge Road Helena 31037 6/30/2012
Terrell Co. Jail 31 Local 12/31/2013
Terrell County Prison 129 Local 3110 Albany Highway Dawson 39842 Terrell 6/30/2012
Thomas Co. Jail 173 Local 12/31/2013
Thomas County Prison 177 Local 324 County Farm Road Thomasville 31757 Thomas 6/30/2012
Thomas County Prison 187 Local 12/31/2013
Tift Co. Jail 184 Local 12/31/2013
Toombs Co. Jail 91 Local 12/31/2013
Towns Co. Det. Ctr. 28 Local 12/31/2013
Treutlen Co. Jail 22 Local 12/31/2013
Treutlen Probation Dentention Center 295 State 401 Cascade Circle Soperton 30457 Treutlen 6/30/2012
Troup Co. Jail 419 Local 12/31/2013
Troup County Prison 266 Local 2508 Hamilton Road Lagrange 30240 Troup 6/30/2012
Troup County Prison 332 Local 12/31/2013
Troup County Work Release Program 43 Local 12/31/2013
Turner Co. Jail 41 Local 12/31/2013
Turner Pre-Release Center 220 State 514 South Railroad Avenue Sycamore 31790 Turner 6/30/2012
Union Co. Jail 62 Local 12/31/2013
Upson Co. Jail 115 Local 12/31/2013
Valdosta Annex 90 State 3259 Valtech Road Valdosta 31603 Lowndes 6/30/2012
Valdosta State Prison 1,410 State 3259 Valtech Road Valdosta 31603 Lowndes 6/30/2012
Valdosta Transitional Center 100 Local 363 Gil Harbin Industrial Boulevard Valdosta 31601 Lowndes 6/30/2012
Walker Co. Jail 201 Local 12/31/2013
Walker State Prison 382 State 97 Kevin Lane Rock Spring 30739 6/30/2012
Walton Co. Jail 400 Local 12/31/2013
Ware Co. Jail 341 Local 12/31/2013
Ware State Prison 1,560 State 3620 North Harris Road Waycross 31501 Ware 6/30/2012
Washington Co. Jail 86 Local 12/31/2013
Washington State Prison 1,543 State 13262 Highway 24 East Davisboro 31018 Washington 6/30/2012
Wayne Co. Jail 156 Local 12/31/2013
West Central Integrated Treatment Facility 104 State 1070 County Farm Road Zebulon 30295 Pike 6/30/2012
Wheeler Correctional Facility 2,702 Private 195 North Broad Street Alamo 30411 6/30/2012
White Co. Jail 92 Local 12/31/2013
Whitfield Co. Jail 455 Local 12/31/2013
Wilcox Co. Jail 26 Local 12/31/2013
Wilcox State Prison 1,871 State 470 South Broad Street Abbeville 31001 Wilcox 6/30/2012
Wilkinson Co. Jail 28 Local 12/31/2013
Women's Probation Dentention Center 236 State 8662 U.S. Hwy 301 North Claxton 30417 Evans 6/30/2012
Worth Co. Jail 47 Local 12/31/2013

This table draws data from four sources:

  • Federal prisons on April 2, 2020: The Prison Policy Initiative downloaded the weekly population list from the Bureau of Prisons for that date.
  • State and federal correctional facilities on June 30, 2012 were extracted from: United States Department of Justice. Office of Justice Programs. Bureau of Justice Statistics. Census of State and Federal Adult Correctional Facilities, 2012. ICPSR37294-v1. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2020-02-06. doi:10.3886/ICPSR37294.v1. County data retrieved from postal service database.
  • Local jails' average daily populations from January 1, 2013 to December 31, 2013 were extracted from: United States Department of Justice. Office of Justice Programs. Bureau of Justice Statistics. Census of Jail Facilities, 2013. ICPSR36128-V4. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2018-04-25. doi:10.3886/ICPSR36128.v4
  • Jails in Indian Country populations on June 30, 2016 were extracted from: United States Department of Justice. Office of Justice Programs. Bureau of Justice Statistics. Annual Survey of Jails in Indian Country, 2016. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2018-05-23. doi:10.3886/ICPSR37006.v1

Military prisons and state halfway houses are not included in the above table as we were not able to locate an appropriate national database of these types of facilities. Juvenile facilities are not included in the above because the Census Bureau counts these facilities separately from the adult correctional institutions that are the focus of our work. Where necessary, state-specific sources will be more useful for identifying juvenile facilities.

We do, however, have a list (without population information) of all federal halfway houses as of April 2, 2020 [XLSX].

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