RUTLEDGE STATE PRISON
Facility Information
- Capacity
- 640 beds
- Current Population
- 583
- Address
- 7175 Manor Road, Columbus, GA 31907
- County
- Muscogee County
- Operator
- GDC (Georgia Dept. of Corrections)
- Warden
- Ryan Beland
- Phone
- (706) 568-2340
- Fax
- (706) 568-2126
- Staff
- Special Assistant to Warden: Marcus Brown
- Deputy Warden Security: Pashion Chambers
- Deputy Warden C&T: VACANT
- Deputy Warden Admin: Ylitha Woodard
About
Rutledge State Prison in Columbus (Jack T. Rutledge SP) is a small medium-security facility for adult male felons, opened in 1976. It houses prisoners in two-man cells across six housing units, with additional space for medical/mental-health and segregation. Inmates are assigned to on- and off-site work details such as landscaping, maintenance, laundry, and food service. Despite its smaller size, Rutledge still reflects system-wide issues of overcrowding, limited programming, and exposure to violence.
Mortality Statistics
18 deaths documented at this facility from 2020 to present.
Deaths by Year
- 2025: 3
- 2024: 5
- 2023: 3
- 2022: 1
- 2021: 2
- 2020: 4