PULASKI STATE PRISON
Facility Information
- Capacity
- 1,223 beds
- Current Population
- 1,187
- Address
- 373 Upper River Road, Hawkinsville, GA 31036
- Mailing Address
- P.O. Box 839, Hawkinsville, GA 31036
- County
- Pulaski County
- Operator
- GDC (Georgia Dept. of Corrections)
- Warden
- Wendy Jackson
- Phone
- (478) 783-6000
- Fax
- (478) 783-6008
- Staff
- Warden’s Special Assistant: Gloria Turnage
- Deputy Warden Security: Andrea Showers
- Deputy Warden C&T: KaSann Mahogany
- Deputy Warden Admin: Shelley Harmand
About
Pulaski State Prison in Hawkinsville is a medium-security women’s prison that opened in 1994 and houses more than 1,200 adult female felons. The compound includes multiple double-bunked dormitory buildings plus segregation units used for disciplinary and protective custody. Pulaski offers GED classes, basic education, and limited vocational and treatment programs, but it has been at the center of investigations into lethal medical neglect, including a long pattern of deaths under a contract physician later exposed in statewide reporting.
Mortality Statistics
24 deaths documented at this facility from 2020 to present.
Deaths by Year
- 2025: 3
- 2024: 3
- 2023: 4
- 2022: 5
- 2021: 5
- 2020: 4