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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|State prison in Savannah, Georgia, US}}<br />
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| prison_name = Coastal State Prison<br />
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| location = 200 Gulfstream Road <br /> [[Port Wentworth, Georgia]] <br />
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| status = open<br />
| classification = medium<br />
| capacity = 1836<br />
| opened = 1981<br />
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| managed_by = [[Georgia Department of Corrections]] <br />
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'''Coastal State Prison''' is a [[Georgia Department of Corrections]] medium-security state prison located in [[Savannah, Georgia|Savannah]], near [[Garden City, Georgia|Garden City]].<ref>"[http://www.savannahga.gov/cityweb/CommServ.nsf/0/3fd39cb384a6334085256de20057df61/$FILE/neighborhoods08.pdf City of Savannah Neighborhoods 2008] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927000000/http://www.savannahga.gov/cityweb/CommServ.nsf/0/3fd39cb384a6334085256de20057df61/%24FILE/neighborhoods08.pdf |date=September 27, 2011 }}." City of Savannah. Retrieved on November 18, 2012.</ref> The facility houses adult male felons and has a capacity of 1836. It was constructed and opened in 1981 and later renovated in 1999.<ref>"[http://www.dcor.state.ga.us/GDC/FacilityMap/html/S_50000181.html Coastal State Prison]." [[Georgia Department of Corrections]]. Retrieved on January 4, 2015.</ref><br />
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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.<ref>"[http://www.dcor.state.ga.us/GDC/FacilityMap/html/S_50000181.html Coastal State Prison]." [[Georgia Department of Corrections]]. Retrieved on January 4, 2015.</ref><br />
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== Notable inmates ==<br />
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* [[Ashley Diamond]], prison and LGBTQ rights activist<br />
* [[Burrell Ellis]], former CEO of [[DeKalb County, Georgia]], convicted of perjury and sentenced to 5 years of probation and 18 months in prison on July 8, 2015.<br />
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==External links==<br />
{{Portal|Georgia (U.S. state)|Law}}<br />
* [http://www.dcor.state.ga.us/GDC/FacilityMap/html/S_50000181.html Coastal State Prison]<br />
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[[Category:Government buildings in Savannah, Georgia]]<br />
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