United States · GA · Folkston
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D. Ray James Correctional Institution is a private prison located in Folkston, Charlton County, Georgia, owned and operated by the GEO Group under contract with the Federal Bureau of Prisons and the U.S. Marshals Service. The facility first opened in 1998 for Georgia state inmates. In 2010, after an expansion, the 1800 existing Georgia inmates were moved to other state prisons, replaced with as many as 2507 federal immigration detainees. In August 2016, Justice Department officials announced that the FBOP would be phasing out its use of contracted facilities, on the grounds that private prisons provided less safe and less effective services with no substantial cost savings. The agency expects to allow current contracts on its thirteen remaining private facilities to expire.
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Occupancy
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Year opened
1998
Operational
Figures from official sources · verified 28 May 2026 · methodology
Operator
GEO GroupPopulation held
Mixed/unknown
Opened
1998
Region
GA
Security level
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Death-row facility
No
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World Prisons. (2026). D. Ray James Correctional Institution. Retrieved July 21, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/d-ray-james-correctional-institution
"D. Ray James Correctional Institution." World Prisons. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/d-ray-james-correctional-institution.
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title = {D. Ray James Correctional Institution},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-07-21}
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