The Atlanta Public Safety Training Center, commonly known as Cop City, is a police and fire department training campus under construction in the South River Forest area of Dekalb County near Atlanta, Georgia, United States. Much of the land included in the plans was formerly part of the Old Atlanta Prison Farm, which was abandoned in 1995.
Architect's drawing of the training campus
Abandoned building on the site, 2013
Stop Cop City graffiti
January 2023 protests against the construction
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.
A mural amidst debris and abandoned buildings at the Old Atlanta Prison Farm
A tree sit to prevent cutting of trees at the Old Atlanta prison farm