25 state prisons on lockdown due to ‘increased security threat’

The Georgia Department of Corrections says more than two dozen state prisons have been put on lockdown.

The department said the lockdowns started on Wednesday.

GDOC said the prisons were locked down due to what it called an “increased Security Threat Group (STG) activity.”

Due to this increased threat, the facilities are staying on lockdown until further notice as GDOC performs security threat assessments and conducts investigations.

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The following prisons are on lockdown, as of 8:30 a.m.:

1. Hays State Prison (SP) (in Trion)
2. Hancock SP, the Special Management Unit (in Sparta)
3. Augusta State Medical Prison (in Grovetown)
4. Johnson SP (in Wrightsville)
5. Rogers SP (in Reidsville)
6. Smith SP (in Glennville)
7. Macon SP (in Oglethorpe)
8. Telfair SP (in Helena)
9. Valdosta SP (in Valdosta)
10. GDCP (in Jackson)
11. Phillips SP (in Buford)
12. Baldwin SP (in Hardwick)
13. Washington SP (in Davisboro)
14. Autry SP (in Pelham)
15. Dooly SP (in Unadilla)
16. Wilcox SP (in Abbeville)
17. Calhoun SP (in Morgan)
18. Coastal SP (in Garden City)
19. McRae Women’s Facility (in McRae-Helena)
20. Pulaski SP (in Hawkinsville)
21. Ware SP (in Waycross)
22. Riverbend Correctional Facility (CF)
23. Wheeler CF (in Alamo)
24. Coffee CF (in Nicholls)
25. Jenkins CF (in Millen)

Channel 2 Action News has asked GDOC for more information about when the lockdowns started.

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