of Corrections on February 19, 2022, due to aging infrastructure and the need to safely house larger numbers of violent inmates and gang members. Prior to closure, all prisoners had been transferred to other locations. Notable prisoners Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., with others, was arrested at an Atlanta sit-in on October 19, 1960. While the others were released, King was held regarding a previous traffic case and was transferred to the Georgia State Prison in Reidsville, Georgia on October 22, where he was a prisoner until October 29; pressure from soon-to-be president John F. Kennedy, and the entire Kennedy family, saw King released on a $2,000 bond. Until 2007, when he was transferred to the United States Penitentiary, Tucson, GSP housed radical activist H. Rap Brown, now known as Jamil Al-Amin. Al-Amin was the chairman of Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee in the late 1960s, and was found guilty of murder in 2000. References Further reading Interview with E. B. Caldwell, Warden at GSP, 1971–1974 External links Georgia Department Of Corrections Georgia State Prison State of Georgia Prisons in Georgia (U.S. state) Buildings and structures in Tattnall County, Georgia Capital punishment in Georgia (U.S. state) 1938 establishments in Georgia (U.S. state)