SMITH STATE PRISON
Facility Information
- Capacity
- 1,526 beds
- Current Population
- 1,107
- Address
- 9676 Hwy 301 North, Glennville, GA 30427
- Mailing Address
- P.O. Box 726, Glennville, GA 30427
- County
- Tattnall County
- Operator
- GDC (Georgia Dept. of Corrections)
- Warden
- Charles Mims
- Phone
- (912) 654-5000
- Fax
- (912) 654-5305
- Staff
- Special Assistant to Warden: Curtis Todd
- Deputy Warden Security: Rodney Foulks
- Deputy Warden Security: Keenan Carver
- Deputy Warden C&T: Willesha Warren
- Deputy Warden Admin: Ashley Kennedy
About
Smith State Prison in Glennville is a close-security prison for men that opened in 1993 and is designed for some of Georgia’s highest-custody prisoners. The facility uses a combination of cellblocks and dormitories with extensive segregation and special-management housing, and also hosts a residential substance-abuse and transitional program via a nearby center. Smith has been the site of multiple homicides and serious assaults and is frequently cited in media and federal findings as emblematic of the extreme violence and staffing shortages in Georgia’s close-security prisons.
Mortality Statistics
35 deaths documented at this facility from 2020 to present.
Deaths by Year
- 2025: 1
- 2024: 6
- 2023: 11
- 2022: 5
- 2021: 7
- 2020: 5