Hays State Prison

Hays State Prison
Location 777 Underwood Drive
Trion, Georgia
Capacity 1683
Opened 1990
Managed by Georgia Department of Corrections
Website www.dcor.state.ga.us/…/S_50000197.html

Hays State Prison is a Georgia Department of Corrections state prison for men located on 777 Underwood Drive in Trion, Chattooga County, Georgia.[1] The facility opened in 1990 and currently has a capacity of 1683 prisoners.

Conditions

By the Department of Correction's description, Hays manages "some of the state's most challenging offenders". In an eight-week period beginning in December 2012, four inmates were killed in the facility: Derrick Stubbs on December 19, although he had been placed in protective custody within the prison; Damion MacClaim on December 26; Nathaniel Reynolds on January 18, 2013; and Pippa Hall-Jackson on February 5. Two Hays guards were also injured by stabbings in late January even as the facility was on full security lockdown.[2] In February another guard was stabbed 22 times. In May 2012 a CERT Officer was stabbed twice in the face[3] and the father of an inmate claimed that he was forced to pay $19,000 ransom to other current Hays prisoners, or else his son would be hurt or killed.[4] Also, the Southern Center for Human Rights lodged a complaint that "prisoners routinely slept in cells to which they were not assigned and they (were) able to move undetected across the prison campus."[5]

Hays is one of several high-security Georgia state prisons found to have a large percentage of inoperative locks. In September 2012 auditors found 42% of the locks in Hays either didn't work or could be easily defeated.[6]

In 2015 a prisoner formerly at Hays stated that he was raped at the prison and sued three officials of the prison authority.[7] He stated that the prison authority failed to protect him.[8][9]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.dcor.state.ga.us/GDC/FacilityMap/html/hays_state_prison.html
  2. ↑ http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2013/dec/26/another-year-another-death-danger-problems-linger/
  3. ↑ http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/local/story/2014/aug/16/hays-inmates-on-trial-in-guard-assault/264637/
  4. ↑ http://www.wrcbtv.com/story/20718394/gas-hays-state-prison-presents-dangers-inside-and-out
  5. ↑ http://www.correctionsone.com/corrections/articles/6303767-Ga-state-prison-finds-new-issue-with-locks/
  6. ↑ http://www.correctionsone.com/corrections/articles/6303767-Ga-state-prison-finds-new-issue-with-locks/
  7. ↑ "Georgia inmate says he was raped, sues Hays State Prison warden, other officials ." Associated Press. July 31, 2015. Retrieved on August 1, 2015.
  8. ↑ Jett, Tyler. "Former Hays State inmate says he was raped, sues warden, other prison officials." Time Free Press. July 31, 2015. Retrieved on August 1, 2015.
  9. ↑ "Georgia inmate says he was raped, sues Hays State Prison warden, other officials." Associated Press at the Daily Journal. July 31, 2015. Retrieved on August 1, 2015.

Coordinates: 34°30′29″N 85°18′44″W / 34.50817°N 85.31226°W / 34.50817; -85.31226

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