Several times. Also Jackson GD&CC. Saw ol’Sparky there.
When I was coming along, we were installing Legal Libraries around the state due to a Federal Lawsuit. I had to travel to a number of institutions. Never made it to Ware, but, did go to Wayne.
Funny thing about Ware. Back in the early 90s, one of the officers noticed a plane flying into the airport there (the prison being at the airport). The officer called into the airport and they busted the plane. The guys, a doctor and a lawyer, on board were carrying the dead body of the doctor. They were going to fly over the Okefenokee and drop her out of the plane into the swamp.
After they got caught, the doctor said the lawyer did it, and the lawyer said the doctor did it. They both ended up in prison. I met them as part of our training for the legal libraries. They were both idiots.
I went to ,prisons in 15 states and worked CAL Youth Authority 28 years. in georgia I saw my first “serener prison.” Lots of old guys in one place and inmates rushing other inmates in wheel chairs.
IIRC Milidgeville had a woman’s prison and they had made Time magazine in the late 80s. taking women to work in the community during the day and then hitting the motel with one or two of them while they “worked.”