A central Georgia county is tearing down an old, empty prison that was home to Georgia’s first electric chair and was linked to an infamous lynching.
The two-story brick building that anchored the Georgia State Prison Farm in Milledgeville is being torn down by Baldwin County, to the outrage of some locals and history buffs.
Demolition of the structure on Georgia 22 began last week.
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