GEORGIA DIAGNOSTIC AND CLASSIFICATION STATE PRISON
Facility Information
- Capacity
- 2,487 beds
- Current Population
- 4,405
- Address
- 2978 Hwy 36 West, Jackson, GA 30233
- Mailing Address
- P.O. Box 3877, Jackson, GA 30233
- County
- Butts County
- Opened
- 1968
- Operator
- GDC (Georgia Dept. of Corrections)
- Warden
- Jacob Beasley
- Phone
- (770) 504-2000
- Fax
- (770) 504-2006
- Staff
- Deputy Warden Security: Sheneca King
- Deputy Warden Security: Nicholas Brown
- Deputy Warden Security: Timothy Roberts
- Deputy Warden C&T: Terrion Thurman
- Deputy Warden Diagnostic: Crystal Hughes-Whiters
- Deputy Warden Admin: Tandra Rogers
Special Designations
- Death Row
- Medical Hub
- Mental Health Services
- Protective Custody Unit
- Administrative Segregation
About
Georgia Diagnostic and Classification State Prison (GDCP) in Jackson is the state’s largest prison and central intake facility for men. Built in 1968 and renovated in 1998, it processes all male offenders entering the system, houses Georgia’s male death-row unit, operates a 192-bed Special Management Unit for the most restrictive custody, and conducts state-ordered executions. Housing includes eight cellblocks with single- and double-bunked cells, seven general-population dormitories, a 17-bed Segregated Transition Education Program (STEP) unit, and a medical unit. GDCP also maintains a CERT Team, Tactical Squad, and on-site fire station, making it both a diagnostic center and one of the system’s highest-security prisons.
Mortality Statistics
109 deaths documented at this facility from 2020 to present.
Deaths by Year
- 2025: 8
- 2024: 22
- 2023: 24
- 2022: 20
- 2021: 15
- 2020: 20