More than two dozen Georgia prisons on lockdown over security concerns
More than two dozen Georgia prisons are on lockdown Thursday because of increased activity involving groups the Georgia Department of Corrections identifies as security threats, according to a department spokesperson.
The facilities will remain on lockdown until further notice "out of an abundance of caution," the spokesperson said. Investigations are ongoing, and officials are conducting periodic security threat assessments.
The department identified the following facilities:
- Hays State Prison
- Hancock State Prison
- Special Management Unit
- Augusta State Medical Prison
- Johnson State Prison
- Rogers State Prison
- Smith State Prison
- Macon State Prison
- Telfair State Prison
- Valdosta State Prison
- Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison
- Phillips State Prison
- Baldwin State Prison
- Washington State Prison
- Autry State Prison
- Dooly State Prison
- Wilcox State Prison
- Calhoun State Prison
- Coastal State Prison
- McRae Women's Facility
- Pulaski State Prison
- Ware State Prison
- Riverbend Correctional Facility
- Wheeler Correctional Facility
- Coffee Correctional Facility
- Jenkins Correctional Facility
The department did not provide details about the activity that prompted the lockdowns.
