PHILLIPS STATE PRISON
Facility Information
- Capacity
- 918 beds
- Current Population
- 751
- Address
- 2989 West Rock Quarry Road, Buford, GA 30519
- County
- Gwinnett County
- Operator
- GDC (Georgia Dept. of Corrections)
- Warden
- Aaron Pineiro
- Phone
- (770) 932-4500
- Fax
- (770) 932-4544
- Staff
- Deputy Warden Security: Joshua Fulbright
- Deputy Warden Security: VACANT
- Deputy Warden C&T: Courtney McDay
- Deputy Warden Admin: Keon Brown
About
Phillips State Prison in Buford is officially classified as a close-security facility for adult male felons, though many sources still refer to it as medium security. Opened in 1990, it has 10 housing units with a mix of two-man and single-man cells, about 100 isolation/segregation cells, and a linked transitional center. Phillips has hosted a campus of the New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary and offers education and faith-based programming, but it has also been involved in federal corruption prosecutions over officers trafficking contraband and drugs.
Mortality Statistics
61 deaths documented at this facility from 2020 to present.
Deaths by Year
- 2025: 15
- 2024: 18
- 2023: 4
- 2022: 10
- 2021: 11
- 2020: 3