COASTAL STATE PRISON
Facility Information
- Capacity
- 1,836 beds
- Current Population
- 1,604
- Address
- 200 Gulfstream Road, Port Wentworth, GA 31408
- Mailing Address
- P.O. Box 7150, Port Wentworth, GA 31408
- County
- Chatham County
- Operator
- GDC (Georgia Dept. of Corrections)
- Warden
- Phillip Glenn
- Phone
- (912) 965-6303
- Fax
- (912) 966-6799
- Staff
- Warden Special Assistant: VACANT
- Deputy Warden Security: Karen Finch
- Deputy Warden C&T: Briana Kaigler
- Deputy Warden Admin: Colette Williams
About
Coastal State Prison near Savannah/Port Wentworth is a large medium-security men’s prison with 12 housing units. Six units are cellblocks with a mix of two-man and four-man cells; four are open-bay dormitories; one unit houses Faith & Character and incentive-program participants; and there is a 74-bed segregation unit plus a small infirmary. Opened in 1981 and renovated in 1999, Coastal also operates an abbreviated diagnostic intake unit and maintains a tactical squad, making it a key hub for both housing and system-wide security operations.
Mortality Statistics
107 deaths documented at this facility from 2020 to present.
Deaths by Year
- 2025: 17
- 2024: 24
- 2023: 15
- 2022: 15
- 2021: 19
- 2020: 17