News Category: Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Georgia district attorney warns prison conditions threaten public safety In an image captured from a social media post, Shane Tassi is with two other young men, all wearing white shirts and bright orange pants marked as Georgia Department of Corrections uniforms. Tassi’s in the middle, brazenly displaying a homemade shank and making a gang gesture …

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Morning, y’all! The “cooling” trend continues today, with high temperatures expected to hover around 90 degrees. – Don’t forget it’s Election Day: Plenty of important local races are in runoffs, from school boards to the U.S. House. Find what’s on your ballot with the AJC-Atlanta Civic Circle voter guide — and stay tuned to AJC.com …

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Gun violence comes to a Georgia prison: Inmate fatally shoots food service worker, then kills himself In an extraordinary breach of security, a Georgia state prison inmate shot and killed an Aramark food service employee Sunday at Smith State Prison in Glennville. Jaydrekus Hart shot the employee while working in the prison kitchen at 4:30 …

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Georgia officials won’t release information on how prisoners are dying With Georgia prisons on pace to set yet another grim record for homicides, the Department of Corrections has decided to no longer issue reports on how its inmates are dying. After years of providing monthly mortality reports that often included the initial manner of death, …

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Georgia prisoner sentenced to die wants firing squad, not lethal injection A death row inmate who fatally shot a man while fleeing from a bank robbery in Gwinnett County wants to become the first person in Georgia’s modern history to be legally executed by firing squad. Michael Nance, 62, appeared before a federal judge in …

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