CALHOUN STATE PRISON
Facility Information
- Original Design Capacity
- 750 (at 221% capacity)
- Bed Capacity
- 1,677 beds
- Current Population
- 1,660
Why design capacity matters:
Adding beds to a prison does not increase medical facilities, educational programs, kitchen capacity, counseling services, or recreation areas. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Brown v. Plata that severe overcrowding beyond design capacity violates the 8th Amendment prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment.
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- Address
- 27823 Main Street, Morgan, GA 39866
- Mailing Address
- P.O. Box 249, Morgan, GA 39866
- County
- Calhoun County
- Opened
- 1994
- Operator
- GDC (Georgia Dept. of Corrections)
- Warden
- Kendric Jackson
- Phone
- (229) 849-5000
- Fax
- (229) 849-5017
- Staff
- Deputy Warden Security: Curtis Johnson
- Deputy Warden Security: Gwendolyn Spencer
- Deputy Warden C&T: Tracey Scott
About
Calhoun State Prison in Morgan is a medium-security prison for adult male felons. Constructed in 1993 and opened in 1994, it was later renovated in 1999 and 2008. Housing consists mainly of double-bunked cells and dormitory units with a segregation/disciplinary area. Calhoun supports standard work details and limited programming but, like many rural Georgia prisons, has been affected by chronic understaffing, lockdowns, and increased violence.
Mortality Statistics
27 deaths documented at this facility from 2020 to present.
Deaths by Year
- 2026: 0
- 2025: 6
- 2024: 7
- 2023: 5
- 2022: 5
- 2021: 1
- 2020: 3