United States · Georgia · Wrightsville
Johnson State Prison
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Johnson State Prison is a state prison located in Johnson County, Georgia. Rated capacity: 1,612. Reported population: 1,583. Security level: Medium. Data sourced from the HIFLD Prison Boundaries open dataset.
Background
Johnson State Prison is located in Wrightsville, Georgia in Johnson County, Georgia. It is a medium security prison owned and operated by the Georgia Department of Corrections, it houses adult male felons. The facilities' capacity is 1600 inmates. Construction began in 1991 and it was opened in 1992. In 1996 Johnson State prison was converted into a Juvenile Boot Camp "Wrightsville Boot Camp" for short term (30-180 Days) and long term (180 days up to a maximum of 1 year) Juvenile delinquent offenders as status or repeat/habitual offenders.
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Capacity
1,612
Current population
1,583
Occupancy
98%
Year opened
1992
Operational
Figures from official sources · verified 2 Jun 2026 · methodology
Facility profile
Population held
Mixed/unknown
Opened
1992
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
- Overcrowding
- 0/30
- Oversight reports
- 0/30
- Structural flags
- 5/15
- Death signals
- 0/15
- Conditions text
- 0/10
What the score is responding to:
- · Privately operated under contract
This facility scores 5. The national average across 7,437 scored United States facilities is 2 — 3 points above national average.
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Compared to other facilities in United States
7436 peersData 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
- Wikipedia — Wikimedia Foundation
- HIFLD Prison Boundaries — US Department of Homeland Security â HIFLD Open Data
- OpenStreetMap — OpenStreetMap Contributors
- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikidata (Q14686682)
- Wikipedia
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
Cite this page
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World Prisons. (2026). Johnson State Prison. Retrieved October 26, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/johnson-state-prison
"Johnson State Prison." World Prisons. Accessed October 26, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/johnson-state-prison.
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