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 …
Smith State Prison shooting, firearm obtained inside facility.
Kemp hires consultants to examine troubled state prison system Gov. Brian Kemp announced late Monday that Georgia’s Department of Corrections would undergo an in-depth assessment to identify ways to improve the prison system. Over the next 12 months, consultants with Guidehouse Inc. will visit prisons, conduct interviews with stakeholders, work with GDC personnel and do …
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 …
Atlanta attorney gets 7 years in prison in COVID relief fraud case AJC.com
Lawsuit accuses Georgia prison system of violating law to replace healthcare provider AJC.com
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, …
Georgia prisoner sentenced to die wants firing squad, not lethal injection AJC.com
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 …
Two high-ranking Ga. prison employees accused in sex cases 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 …