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GDC has put 26 Georgia prisons on lockdown until further notice, citing gang activity.
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The Georgia Department of Corrections said on Wednesday, October 28, that 26 prisons and facilities are on lockdown until further notice because of increased gang activity (GDC calls it Security Threat Group activity). GDC didn't say whether anyone was hurt or how visits are affected. The facilities GDC named: Augusta State Medical, Autry, Baldwin, Calhoun, Coastal, Coffee, Dooly, Georgia Diagnostic and Classification, Hancock, Hays, Jenkins, Johnson, Macon, McRae Women's Facility, Phillips, Pulaski, Riverbend, Rogers, Smith, the Special Management Unit, Telfair, Valdosta, Ware, Washington, Wheeler and Wilcox. Source: GDC's statement to WJCL 22 News.
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