CENTRAL STATE PRISON
Facility Information
- Capacity
- 1,153 beds
- Current Population
- 1,149
- Address
- 4600 Fulton Mill Road, Macon, GA 31208
- County
- Bibb County
- Operator
- GDC (Georgia Dept. of Corrections)
- Warden
- David Stokes
- Phone
- (478) 471-2908
- Fax
- (478) 471-2095
- Staff
- Deputy Warden Security: Janice Jordan Blackshear
- Deputy Warden Security: Dennis Turner
- Deputy Warden C&T: Lachaka McKenzie
- Deputy Warden Admin: VACANT
About
Central State Prison in Macon is a medium-security facility for adult male felons, built and opened in 1978 on the grounds of the historic Central State Hospital complex. Housing consists of cellblocks and dormitories configured for general population and segregation, along with a small infirmary. The prison provides work details, basic education, and limited treatment and religious programs, and it has historically been one of the larger medium-security hubs in middle Georgia.
Mortality Statistics
32 deaths documented at this facility from 2020 to present.
Deaths by Year
- 2025: 8
- 2024: 7
- 2023: 7
- 2022: 2
- 2021: 6
- 2020: 2