RIVERBEND CORRECTIONAL AND REHABILITATION FACILITY
Facility Information
- Capacity
- 1,588 beds
- Current Population
- 1,450
- Address
- 196 Laying Farm Road, Milledgeville, GA 31061
- County
- Baldwin County
- Opened
- 2011
- Operator
- GEO Group
- Warden
- Angela Phams
- Phone
- (478) 414-2300
- Fax
- (478) 414-2402
- Staff
- Asst. Warden Security: James Watson
- Asst. Warden Programs: Vanessa Butts-Hawkins
- Chief of Security: Ronnie Richardson
- Business Manager: Regenia Womble
- State Monitor: Sonja Brown
About
The facility, located in Milledgeville, Georgia, houses adult male felons with a capacity of 1,588 inmates. It was built and opened in 2011 as a privately operated prison managed by the GEO Group under contract with the Georgia Department of Corrections. The facility houses medium and minimum custody inmates in a mix of dormitory-style housing and two-man cells across six housing units, plus a lockdown unit with segregation and isolation beds.
Mortality Statistics
10 deaths documented at this facility from 2020 to present.
Deaths by Year
- 2024: 2
- 2023: 1
- 2021: 4
- 2020: 3