Augusta State Medical Prison is located in

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on the County lines of Columbia County and Richmond County in Georgia,

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. It houses male and rarely female inmates, the capacity is 1326. It was constructed in 1982 and opened in 1983. It is a Close Security Prison. Augusta was one of the 7 prisons involved in the

2010 Georgia prison strike The 2010 Georgia prison strike was a prison strike involving prisoners at 7 prisons in the U.S. state of Georgia. The strike, organized by the prisoners using contraband cell phones, began on December 9 and ended on December 15. It was report ...

Notable Inmates

*Hemy Neuman - Murdered Rusty Sneiderman in November 2010 in the parking lot of his son's preschool while dropping him off.

References

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