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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 …
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, the GDC abruptly decided to withhold that information, starting with …
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 Atlanta on Monday as trial began in his case alleging it …
Two high-ranking state prison staff members, including a deputy warden, have been arrested following separate incidents in which they are accused of having sexual contact with female prisoners. Alonzo L. McMillian, the deputy warden for administration at Pulaski State Prison, and Russell Edwin Clark, a lieutenant at Lee Arrendale State Prison, were arrested within 24 …
Seven Georgia officers accused in contraband scheme run by Valdosta inmate Georgia prison officials were in the midst of a complex investigation focused on drones making contraband drops for inmates when they stumbled onto a separate conspiracy — a criminal scheme enabled by their own staff. While investigators were using wire taps aimed at discovering …
Georgia prison officials have flagrantly violated a court order to reform conditions for prisoners in the state’s most restrictive holding facility, showing “no desire or intention” to make the required changes to solitary confinement practices, a federal judge said. In a damning ruling, U.S. District Judge Marc Treadwell on Friday held officials at the Georgia …
OPINION: The hellhole that is Georgia’s prison system screams for overhaul The state Senate this month authorized a committee to take a deep dive into Georgia’s murderous prison system. Just days later, the warden at Telfair State Prison got stabbed by an inmate during a shakedown by officials looking to unearth contraband in a dorm. …
With prison violence in Georgia at a crisis point, the state Senate has authorized a group of senators to take a fresh look at the Georgia Department of Corrections and identify ways to improve the troubled system. A new seven-member committee, approved unanimously by the Senate, is charged with examining “current issues impacting the ability …