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Arrendale State Prison
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Arrendale State Prison is a state prison located in Habersham County, Georgia. Rated capacity: 1,476. Reported population: 1,596. Security level: Medium. Data sourced from the HIFLD Prison Boundaries open dataset.
Background
Lee Arrendale State Prison of the Georgia Department of Corrections is a women's prison located in Raoul, unincorporated Habersham County, Georgia, near Alto, and in proximity to Gainesville. It houses the state death row for women. It became exclusively a women's prison in early 2005. A number of the young male inmates were kept there until mid-2005, when they were moved to other prisons in the state. The prison has four dormitories and a medical building.
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Capacity
1,476
Current population
1,596
Occupancy
108%
Year opened
1926
Operational
Figures from official sources · verified 2 Jun 2026 · methodology
Facility profile
Population held
Mixed/unknown
Opened
1926
Region
Georgia
Security level
Medium
Death-row facility
No
Conditions
No conditions summary available yet.
Visiting
No visiting information available.
Mailing
No mailing information available.
Practical info
Contact the operator's website for inmate-specific procedures.
Known issues
No major issues documented in our database.
Contact & address
Conditions Risk Score
Derived signal — not a judgement. How it's calculated
10/100
Low concern10/100
- Overcrowding
- 5/30
- Oversight reports
- 0/30
- Structural flags
- 5/15
- Death signals
- 0/15
- Conditions text
- 0/10
What the score is responding to:
- · Operating at 108% of design capacity
- · Privately operated under contract
This facility scores 10. The national average across 7,437 scored United States facilities is 2 — 8 points above national average.
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Compared to other facilities in United States
7436 peersOccupancythis: 108% · peers avg: 93% (+17%)
Capacity (beds)this: 1476 · peers avg: 547 (+170%)
Data completeness
74%How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.
Sources
- HIFLD Prison Boundaries
- HIFLD dataset query
- HIFLD Prison Boundaries — US Department of Homeland Security â HIFLD Open Data
- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikidata (Q4795902)
- Wikipedia
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
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APA
World Prisons. (2026). Arrendale State Prison. Retrieved July 21, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/arrendale-state-prison
Chicago
"Arrendale State Prison." World Prisons. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/arrendale-state-prison.
BibTeX
@misc{worldprisons-arrendale-state-prison,
author = {{World Prisons}},
title = {Arrendale State Prison},
year = {2026},
url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/arrendale-state-prison},
urldate = {2026-07-21}
}