Scott State Prison: From Hospital Ward to Georgia’s Forgotten Prison

Weathered Scott State Prison entrance sign for the Holly Building at the abandoned Georgia Department of Corrections facility in Milledgeville, Georgia.

Most people see an abandoned prison and assume it was always meant to lock people away. Scott State Prison tells a very different story. Long before it became a correctional facility, this building stood as part of Central State Hospital in Milledgeville, Georgia. It was originally built to care for patients, not incarcerate inmates. Over … Read more