Phone +1 706-444-1000 Opened 1991 | Capacity 1,267 | |
Location 701 Prison Boulevard
Sparta, Georgia Managed by Georgia Department of Corrections Address 701 Prison Blvd, Sparta, GA 31087, USA Similar Washingt State Prison, The GEO Group - Inc, Hancock County, Putnam County Sheriff's, Baldwin County Sheriff's o | ||
Hancock state prison top 5 facts
Hancock State Prison is a Georgia Department of Corrections state prison for men located on 701 Prison Boulevard in Sparta, Hancock County, Georgia. The facility opened in 1991 and currently has a capacity of 1267 prisoners.
A riot in November 2011 left twelve prisoners hospitalized. Investigations believe the fight was gang-related, and organized with contraband cell phones. 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.
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".
Convicted serial killer Wayne Williams is serving a life sentence at Hancock.