People inside reported a lockdown that started on Sep 16 and was still being reported on Sep 17. Reports came from 10 facilities. The most recently reported were Telfair State Prison, Central State Prison, Dooly State Prison and Walker State Prison. People inside also reported a death and violence.

A news notice says a gang fight at Telfair State Prison prompted a statewide prison lockdown, the Georgia Department of Corrections says. That is what the confirming notice says, and nothing more.

People inside reported that the lockdown ended at some prisons. Burruss C.T.C and Rutledge State Prison reported it ended on Sep 17. Those prisons are not in the count.

In GDC practice the scope runs facility by facility and lifts unevenly, so this is what people inside reported, not an announcement from GDC.

Prisons named in these reports

• Augusta State Medical Prison
• Calhoun State Prison
• Central State Prison
• Coffee Correctional Facility
• Dooly State Prison
• Jenkins Facility
• Smith State Prison
• Telfair State Prison
• Walker State Prison
• Wheeler Correctional Facility

Confirmed by

• Gang fight at Telfair State Prison prompts statewide prison lockdown, GA Department of Corrections says - 13WMAZ 2026-09-17

How GPS knows. People inside send reports to GPS through our relay. GPS staff read and approve each one before it counts here.

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