ROGERS STATE PRISON

State Prison Medium Security GDC (Georgia Dept. of Corrections) Male

Facility Information

Original Design Capacity
596 (at 234% capacity)
Bed Capacity
1,391 beds
Current Population
1,393
Why design capacity matters: Adding beds to a prison does not increase medical facilities, educational programs, kitchen capacity, counseling services, or recreation areas. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Brown v. Plata that severe overcrowding beyond design capacity violates the 8th Amendment prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment.
Read: Brown v. Plata - A Legal Roadmap for Georgia's Prison Crisis →
Address
1978 GA Hwy 147, Reidsville, GA 30453
County
Tattnall County
Operator
GDC (Georgia Dept. of Corrections)
Warden
Sandi West
Phone
(912) 557-7771
Fax
(912) 557-7163
Staff
  • Special Assistant: Lee Clark
  • Deputy Warden Security: Yolanda Byrd
  • Deputy Warden Security: Michael Goettie
  • Deputy Warden C&T: Tina Kelley
  • Deputy Warden Admin: Vicki Forrest

About

Rogers State Prison near Reidsville is a medium-security men’s prison with a strong agricultural mission. Opened in the early 1980s and later expanded, it operates a large farm, dairy, canning plant, and meat production operation that supplies food to other Georgia prisons, relying heavily on unpaid or low-paid inmate labor. Housing consists of dormitories and cellblocks plus segregation units, and the prison has been implicated in past whistleblower reports about staff misconduct and unsafe conditions.

Mortality Statistics

13 deaths documented at this facility from 2020 to present.

Deaths by Year

  • 2026: 0
  • 2025: 3
  • 2024: 2
  • 2023: 3
  • 2022: 2
  • 2021: 3
  • 2020: 0

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Location

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