METRO REENTRY FACILITY
Facility Information
- Bed Capacity
- 355 beds
- Current Population
- 353
- Active Lifers
- 37 (10.5% of population) · Apr 2026 GDC report
- Life Without Parole
- 1 (0.3%)
- Address
- 1301 Constitution Road SE, Atlanta, GA 30316
- Mailing Address
- PO Box 17668, Atlanta, GA 30316
- County
- Dekalb County
- Operator
- GDC (Georgia Dept. of Corrections)
- Warden
- Gregory Sampson
- Phone
- (404) 460-2100
- Fax
- (404) 624-2243
- Staff
- Deputy Warden Security: Robert Owens
- Deputy Warden C&T: Latrese Schofield
- Deputy Warden Admin: Adrienne Bunkley
- Superintendent: Cynthia Jackson-Parham
- Assistant Superintendent: Desmond Cofield
- Chief of Security: Hattie Fambro
About
Metro Reentry Facility in Atlanta occupies the renovated former Metro State Prison and is dedicated to reentry rather than long-term warehousing. Reopened in 2018 under the state’s prisoner-reentry initiative, it houses roughly 300–350 men who are within a defined window of release or parole eligibility. The facility focuses on intensive programming – including cognitive-behavioral classes, job-readiness and vocational training, education and life-skills courses, and family-reunification support – with the stated goal of reducing recidivism by preparing participants for a supervised return to the community.
Mortality Statistics
30 deaths documented at this facility from 2020 to present.
Deaths by Year
- 2026: 2
- 2025: 7
- 2024: 7
- 2023: 3
- 2022: 6
- 2021: 4
- 2020: 1
Food Safety Inspections
No inspection records are on file with the Georgia Department of Public Health for this facility. GPS has filed an open records request asking where these records are maintained.
What the score doesn't measure. DPH grades kitchen compliance on inspection day — food storage, temperatures, pest control. It does not grade whether today's trays are clean. GPS reporting has found broken dishwashers at most Georgia state prisons we've documented; trays go out wet, stacked, and visibly moldy — including at facilities with recent scores near 100.
Who inspects. Most Georgia state prisons sit in rural counties — often with fewer than 20,000 people, several with fewer than 10,000. The environmental health inspector lives in that community and often knows the kitchen staff personally. Rural inspection regimes don't have the structural independence you'd expect in a city-sized health department. Read the scores accordingly.
Read the investigation: “Dunked, Stacked and Served: Why Georgia Prison Trays Are Making People Sick”