The Georgia Department of Corrections is investigating the Wednesday death of Macon State Prison inmate Juld Carter, 47, as a homicide, WGXA reported. The cause of death is undetermined, and Carter’s body was turned over to the county coroner and will be transported to the GBI crime lab for an official determination. Carter was serving …
HAWKINSVILLE, Ga. — A inmate in one of Georgia’s prisons has died after contracting tuberculosis. The Georgia Department of Corrections confirmed that an inmate entered custody at the McRae Women’s (Diagnostic) Facility and was then transferred to the Pulaski State Prison in central Georgia. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks] While …
The Southern Center for Human Rights released a report describing conditions at Valdosta State Prison as a “humanitarian disaster unfolding,” saying they are illegal and violate the U.S. Constitution. According to the report, many cells lack functioning sinks or toilets, floors are covered with waste and sewage, temperatures can exceed 100 degrees without air conditioning, …
Men live amid darkness, raw sewage at South Georgia prison, group says Conditions at one South Georgia prison have become so dysfunctional that men held there live in virtual darkness because so many cells are without working lights as the facility has experienced a rash of preventable deaths, according to a new review by the …
Georgia needs prison reform and accountability Titles are generated by AI from Meta GEORGIA DOESN’T JUST NEED MORE PRISONS. IT NEEDS ACCOUNTABILITY INSIDE THE PRISONS WE ALREADY HAVE. Georgia taxpayers spend enormous amounts of money on corrections. Yet we continue hearing about violence, unsafe conditions, staffing problems, and failures in oversight. And what is the …
Georgia inmates sentenced for running jury duty phone scam ALBANY, Ga. – Two Georgia inmates who used contraband cellphones to extortionately trick citizens out of hundreds of thousands of dollars from prison cells have been sentenced to federal prison, officials said. Albany federal court sentencing What we know: Senior U.S. District Judge W. Louis Sands …
‘Beyond sad’: Georgia’s bad lawyering revealed in legislative study Unable to afford a lawyer, Georgia inmate Dontravious Mahone was represented by a state-appointed attorney when appealing his convictions for murder and other charges in the death of a young Alpharetta man. It did not go well. In upholding Mahone’s convictions and life sentence earlier this …
Warrants: Prison-system accounting tech had sex with Central State Prison inmate, illegally gave him food Newly released arrested warrants from the Georgia Department of Corrections are offering new details on the arrest of a prison-system employee on Thursday. According to Bibb County Jail records, 35-year-old Zacarra Oliver — who was an employee of the Georgia …
Federal judge questions Georgia’s parole system, lets woman’s lawsuit proceed After more than four decades behind bars, Janice Buttrum has been told five times by the state of Georgia that she is not ready for parole. Now, a federal judge says the State Board of Pardons and Parole may never have seriously considered her release …
An Atlanta woman, 61-year-old Annie Ashley, has been extradited to Florida and charged with grand theft in Volusia County in connection with a bitcoin jury duty scam that stole $15,000 from a DeLand woman, according to the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office. Sheriff Mike Chitwood said half the victim’s payment was traced to an account belonging …