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Coastal State Prison
Location	200 Gulfstream Road ; Port Wentworth, Georgia
Status	open
Security class	medium
Capacity	1836
Opened	1981
Managed by	Georgia Department of Corrections

Coastal State Prison is a Georgia Department of Corrections medium-security state prison located in Savannah, near Garden City.^[1] The facility houses adult male felons and has a capacity of 1836. It was constructed and opened in 1981 and later renovated in 1999.^[2]

The prison consists of twelve housing units. Six units contain 36 cells each, divided into 12 two-man cells and 24 four-man cells. Four units have open bay dormitories totaling 846 beds. One unit with 184 beds houses 92 Faith and Character inmates and 92 Incentive Inmates. The prison includes a 74-bed segregation unit and a 12-bed infirmary. This facility also houses an abbreviated diagnostic unit, and a tactical squad.^[3]

Notable inmates edit

Ashley Diamond, prison and LGBTQ rights activist
Burrell Ellis, former CEO of DeKalb County, Georgia, convicted of perjury and sentenced to 5 years to serve 18 months on July 8, 2015.

References edit

^ "City of Savannah Neighborhoods 2008 Archived September 27, 2011, at the Wayback Machine." City of Savannah. Retrieved on November 18, 2012.
^ "Coastal State Prison." Georgia Department of Corrections. Retrieved on January 4, 2015.
^ "Coastal State Prison." Georgia Department of Corrections. Retrieved on January 4, 2015.