Hancock State Prison Explained

Prison Name:Hancock State Prison
Location:701 Prison Boulevard
Sparta, Georgia
Capacity:1191[1]
Opened:1991
Managed By:Georgia Department of Corrections

Hancock State Prison is a Georgia Department of Corrections state prison for men located in Hancock County, Georgia.[2] The facility opened in 1991 and currently has a capacity of 1191 prisoners.

In 2010, Hancock state prison participated in the 2010 Georgia prison strike using contraband cell phones. The goal was to improve safety in Georgia state prisons and get rid of free labor.

A riot in November 2011 left 12 prisoners injured. The fight was gang-related, and organized with contraband cell phones.[3] Hancock is one of several high-security Georgia state prisons found to have a large percentage of inoperative locks. In June 2012 auditors found 28% of Hancock's locks either didn't work or could be defeated.[4]

Hancock was one of nine Georgia state prisons implicated in an FBI sting operation announced in February 2016. The agency indicted 47 correction officers who'd agreed to deliver illegal drugs while in uniform. These charges were "part of a larger public corruption investigation into Georgia Correctional Facilities".[5]

Convicted serial killer Wayne Williams is serving a life sentence at Hancock, as is Charles Lee Duffy.

Notable Inmates

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Stephen Mark McDaniel1001291310Serving a life sentence with no parole.Perpetrator of the 2011 Murder of Lauren Giddings.[6] [7] [8]
Andre Jason Pugh1002405939Serving a life sentence.Had his wife Tiffany murdered in 2014.[9] [10]

References

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Notes and References

  1. https://gdc.georgia.gov/locations/hancock-state-prison
  2. Web site: || Georgia Department of Corrections || . 2014-02-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140222060745/http://www.dcor.state.ga.us/GDC/FacilityMap/html/hancock_state_prison.html . 2014-02-22 . dead .
  3. Web site: Fight at Hancock State Prison sends 12 inmates to hospital . www.wrdw.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140221171405/http://www.wrdw.com/home/headlines/134536263.html . 2014-02-21.
  4. Web site: Ga. State prison finds new issue with locks.
  5. News: 47 Georgia Correctional Officers Arrested in Drug Conspiracy. 28 July 2016. WSAV. 11 Feb 2016. 3 October 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161003180035/http://wsav.com/2016/02/11/46-georgia-correctional-officers-arrested-in-drug-conspiracy/. dead.
  6. Web site: 2011-08-04 . Georgia law student accused of killing and dismembering classmate, Lauren Giddings . 2024-02-09 . New York Daily News . en-US.
  7. Web site: 2014-04-21 . 'TRULY EVIL': McDaniel pleads guilty to Giddings' murder . 2024-02-09 . wcnc.com . en-US.
  8. Web site: 2014-04-23 . Georgia man Stephen McDaniel pleads guilty to strangling, dismembering Lauren Giddings - CBS News . 2024-02-09 . www.cbsnews.com . en-US.
  9. https://www.nbc.com/nbc-insider/dj-andre-pugh-hired-hitman-to-kill-wife-tiffany-jackson-pugh
  10. https://services.gdc.ga.gov/GDC/OffenderQuery/jsp/OffQryRedirector.jsp