Old Atlanta Prison Farm

The Old Atlanta Prison Farm is an abandoned, city-owned prison complex in southwest DeKalb County in the U.S. state of Georgia. From approximately 1920 to 1990, the farm was worked by prisoners to produce food for the region's prison system. There are limited historical records detailing the operation of the farm, especially after 1965.

The prison farm is located in the South River Forest, a 3,500-acre (14 km2) green space inside the Atlanta perimeter that conservationists have sought to protect since 2000. A controversial police training facility, dubbed Cop City by opponents, was approved for construction on the site of the prison farm by the Atlanta City Council in September 2021. Opponents say the project is an example of environmental racism and have opposed that project by occupying the forest around the prison farm, leading to several conflicts with Atlanta police.

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