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The D. Ray James Prison is a 1,6400-bed medium-security facility in southeast Charlton County -- the largest private prison in Georgia.

Federal Inmates Locked Down In Private Folkston Prison

POSTED: 12:57 pm EDT March 24, 2008

Federal prisoners at the D. Ray James Prison near Folkston, Ga., were locked down on Monday after prisoners resisted orders to return to their cells, Channel 4 learned.

Prison officials said there were no injuries. The Charlton County Sheriff's Office said the prison did not request assistance.

A spokesman for Cornell Companies, the private firm that runs the prison, said the lockdown is only in a newly opened pod that houses federal prisoners and does not affect the entire prison. Only 50 to 60 inmates of the prison's capacity of 1,640 were involved.

Since the prison opened in 1998, it has expanded to become the largest privately run prison in Georgia.

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