HANCOCK STATE PRISON
Facility Information
- Capacity
- 1,191 beds
- Current Population
- 1,190
- Address
- 701 Prison Boulevard, Sparta, GA 31087
- Mailing Address
- P.O. Box 339, Sparta, GA 31087
- County
- Hancock County
- Opened
- 1991
- Operator
- GDC (Georgia Dept. of Corrections)
- Warden
- Joshua Jones
- Phone
- (706) 444-1000
- Fax
- (706) 444-1137
- Staff
- Deputy Warden Security: Christopher McAlister
- Deputy Warden Security: Gabriel IIa
- Deputy Warden C&T: Alisa Hammock
- Deputy Warden Admin: Jonathan Swinford
About
Hancock State Prison in Sparta is a close-security men’s prison built around 1990 and opened in 1991. It houses many of the state’s highest-risk prisoners under Tier I and Tier II close-custody management, with multiple segregation and isolation units and an annex area alongside dormitory housing. Hancock has a long history of violence, including riots and homicides, and serious infrastructure problems such as inoperable locks and chronic understaffing, making it a focal point in investigations of unconstitutional conditions and gang control inside Georgia prisons.
Mortality Statistics
22 deaths documented at this facility from 2020 to present.
Deaths by Year
- 2025: 6
- 2024: 2
- 2023: 3
- 2022: 5
- 2021: 4
- 2020: 2