Jimmy Autry State Prison

Jimmy Autry State Prison
Location	3178 Mt Zion Church Road Pelham, Georgia
Status	open
Security class	medium
Capacity	1698
Opened	1993
Managed by	Georgia Department of Corrections

Jimmy Autry State Prison is a state prison located in Mitchell County, near Pelham, Georgia.^[1] It was constructed in 1992 and opened in 1993.

Autry houses close security inmates who, due to their offense or behavior, would not be safe in the general prison population. Sex offender treatment is compulsory. Various religious activities are offered and are well attended. Vocational options consist of Footwear Manufacturing, Buffer Repair, Food Preparation. The prison compound consists of eight buildings. Six buildings maintain two cell units which have 48 double-bunked beds in each. Building seven has four living areas with 92 beds in each. The last building holds one dorm with 85 double-dunks and a segregation hall of 47 beds.^[1]

Autry 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".^[2]

References

1 2 http://www.dcor.state.ga.us/GDC/FacilityMap/html/autry_state_prison.html
↑ "47 Georgia Correctional Officers Arrested in Drug Conspiracy". WSAV. 11 Feb 2016. Retrieved 28 July 2016.

Coordinates: 31°11′22″N 84°08′42″W / 31.18944°N 84.14500°W / 31.18944; -84.14500

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 Unit Macon State Prison Montgomery State Prison Phillips State Prison Pulaski State Prison Rogers State Prison Rutledge State Prison Smith 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
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 Thomas County Prison Troup County Correctional Institution
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 Wayne State Prison

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