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The prison was created in February 1864 and served until April 1865. The site was commanded by Captain Henry Wirz, who was tried and executed after the war for war crimes. The prison was overcrowded to four times its capacity, and had an inadequate water supply, inadequate food, and unsanitary conditions.
Macon State Prison is located in Macon County, southwest of Oglethorpe, Georgia on approximately 300 acres (1.2 km 2). It was constructed in 1993 and opened in 1994. It is a close security prison, meaning it is a very high security prison. The prison houses inmates deemed the highest potential security risks by the Department of Corrections. [1]
Johnson State Prison: Wrightsville: Medium 1612 Adult males Lee State Prison Leesburg: Medium 762 Adult males Long Unit: Ludowici: Medium 212 Adult males Macon State Prison: Oglethorpe: Close 1762 Adult males Montgomery State Prison Mount Vernon: Medium 418 Adult males Phillips State Prison: Buford: Close 925 Adult males Pulaski State Prison ...
Podcast with Macon ties that explores GA prison corruption is nominated for a Peabody Award. Myracle Lewis. April 30, 2024 at 6:00 AM. ... including Georgia State Prison, Wetherbee said.
Four guards at the Central State Prison in Macon were arrested last week on charges of violating their oath as public officers and providing false statements, according to the Bibb County Sheriff ...
"Macon, Georgia, Inland Trading Center 1826–1836", The Georgia Historical Quarterly, Fall 1971, Vol. 55 Issue 3, pp 365–377 McInvale, Morton Ray "Macon, Georgia: The War Years, 1861–1865" (Ph.D. dissertation, Florida State University, 1973)
The inmate at Macon State Prison was later convicted in a prison drug-smuggling case of brokering a deal for a kilo of meth. Inmate on social media tried smuggling drugs into GA prison disguised ...
Macon (/ ˈ m eɪ k ən / MAY-kən), officially Macon–Bibb County, is a consolidated city-county in Georgia, United States. Situated near the fall line of the Ocmulgee River , it is 85 miles (137 km) southeast of Atlanta and near the state's geographic center—hence its nickname " The Heart of Georgia ".