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Poynter (blog)
April 24, 2018
It took about 18 months to report. We shot over the span of several months and juggled the logistics required for filming in a prison, including a brief lockdown. ... As news director of WRAS, Georgia State's radio station, I got an hour a week to broadcast interviews of any topic I wanted. It was nirvana for aÃâà...
Baraboo News Republic
April 24, 2018
Regarding those states where it is not yet legal, Buress puts much of the blame on three industries that influence national policy: Private prisons, ... cannabis was legalized in certain states, Buress said, referring to a recent study from researchers at University of Connecticut and Georgia State University.
The Albany Herald
April 22, 2018
Officials said this is the second excessive force case SCHR has brought against employees of the Georgia Department of Corrections in the past year. In August of 2017, SCHR filed a lawsuit on behalf of inmates at Augusta State Medical Prison, alleging that the Georgia DCOR's guards used excessiveÃâà...
Patch.com
April 17, 2018
2, 2015, the state Supreme Court issued a ruling upholding Williams' convictions and life-in-prison sentence. ... is serving her sentence at Arrendale State Prison in northeast Georgia while Williams is housed at the Coffee Correctional Facility in south Georgia, state Department of Corrections records show.
BLABBERMOUTH.NET
April 17, 2018
Greek extreme metallers ROTTING CHRIST have been arrested in the Eastern European state of Georgia on spurious grounds involving charges of ... Luckily, only the names 'Tolis' were on the list and the other two band members started to work with the local promoter to extract us from prison andÃâà...
Chattanooga Times Free Press
April 8, 2018
Take March 28, the day before Sine Die, the closing of the Georgia state legislature's 2018 session. Moore met in the Capitol with John ..... "I often think, had my father went on to prison, would I be just like all those other individuals that I was with there in the apartments? Would I be in and out of the criminalÃâà...
TBO.com
April 3, 2018
Five officers involved in the shooting have been placed on administrative leave, which is standard practice, as the department investigates. Wyatt was released from Georgia state prison last May after a 12-year stay on charges of aggravated assault on a police officer, records show. He was still on parole.
Tampabay.com
April 3, 2018
TAMPA — Timothy Orlando Wyatt came to Tampa with guns blazing. The Georgia fugitive sprayed police officers with bullets during a high-speed chase down Interstate 275 on Sunday and continued firing even while attempting to hijack a young woman's SUV, Tampa police reported. That's how theÃâà...
WSAV-TV
April 2, 2018
Multiple agencies responded to the area, including the Jeff Davis County Sheriff's Office, the Baxley Police Department, the Georgia State Patrol Highway and Aviation Units, the Georgia Department of ... Miller was apprehended and will be transported to the Georgia State Prison Tuesday afternoon.
WTVM
April 2, 2018
Georgia State Patrol is looking for John Richard after they say he left the scene while one man was trapped in his car. Investigators say he got out of his crashed truck and got into the car ... For a hit and run felony, it's up to five years prison time. "The two who were taken by ground ambulance were seriouslyÃâà...
WTOC
April 2, 2018
A team composed of people from the Appling County Sheriff's Office, Jeff Davis Sheriff's Office, the Baxley Police Department, the Georgia State Patrol, the Georgia Department of Corrections and the Georgia Motor Carrier Compliance ... Miller will be transported to the Georgia State Prison this afternoon.
Miami Herald
March 31, 2018
Shannon needs South Florida's help to keep this killer in prison. The Melendi family is hosting a petition drive online so that individuals can send the State of Georgia a petition asking it to deny a parole hearing to this monster. You can make a difference. Sign the petition TODAY to let the parole board knowÃâà...
KIIITV.com
March 31, 2018
Burt Reynolds starred as Paul "Wrecking" Crewe in 1974's classic The Longest Yard, leading his inmate team against the guards in a brutal prison football game. And that's the .... Reynolds says he relied on real inmate help when he shot the original in Georgia State Prison in Reidsville, Ga. It's a classicÃâà...
Savannah Morning News
March 30, 2018
On March 23, the United States filed a civil forfeiture complaint seeking the possession of 63 pit bull-type dogs that were allegedly involved in a dog fighting venture in violation of the federal Animal Welfare Act. Pursuant to a federal warrant, the animals were seized on March 19 in Eastman, GA, by UnitedÃâà...
The Epoch Times
March 30, 2018
China's systematic and state-sanctioned organ harvesting from prisoners of conscience has been condemned by the Georgia state government. ... in Chinese reeducation-through-labor camps, detention centers, and prisons where torture, abuse, and implausible medical exams and blood tests are routine.
MyAJC
March 28, 2018
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Members of the Pickens County Sheriffs Office salute the procession during the funeral of Polk County police Detective Kristen Hearne. A House bill would create a state-run peer-counseling program for first responders throughout the state to seek help with emotionalÃâà...
Bryan County News
March 28, 2018
“Those dangerous felons who possess firearms will be investigated, prosecuted, and can expect to serve lengthy sentences in federal prison.” ... Police Department, the Richmond Hill Police Department, the Bryan County Sheriff's Office, the Liberty County Sheriff's Office and the Georgia State Patrol.
Daily Tribune News
March 28, 2018
Smith ordered Wiggins to serve five years behind bars for each offense, which will be concurrent with the five-year prison sentence she received for first degree arson. Smith noted that the Georgia State Board of Pardons and Paroles could increase the amount of time Wiggins may actually serve in prison.
CBS Miami
March 27, 2018
The Melendi family has launched a petition drive to deny him a chance at freedom on their business website. The website asks supporters to copy and paste the online letter and send it to the State of Georgia Board of Pardons-Parole in Atlanta. The letter starts, “Please deny parole to Colvin C. Hinton, III.
13WMAZ.com
March 21, 2018
A Macon man charged with running illegal gambling through his business was sentenced to prison Wednesday morning. ... Authorities said they were offering cash prizes to people playing video gaming machines, which is illegal under Georgia state law, but the Bartlett's filed a lawsuit in U.S. District CourtÃâà...
Reporter Newspapers
March 16, 2018
Chris Zollman's road to recovery started with a swift act of mercy, continued through a treatment program in Sandy Springs, and ended with him quitting drugs. Now the Dunwoody resident devotes his life to helping others walk down the same path — a path that for many is often muddied by shady operatorsÃâà...
WLTZ 38 NBC
March 16, 2018
FORSYTH, Ga. – The execution of condemned murderer Carlton Michael Gary scheduled for 7 p.m. on Thursday, March 15, 2018, at Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison in Jackson was carried out on Thursday, March 15, 2018 at 10:33 p.m. in accordance with state law. Gary did not accept a finalÃâà...
WLTZ 38 NBC
March 15, 2018
FORSYTH, Ga. – The execution of condemned murderer Carlton Michael Gary scheduled for 7 p.m. on Thursday, March 15, 2018, at Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison in Jackson was carried out on Thursday, March 15, 2018 at 10:33 p.m. in accordance with state law. Gary did not accept a finalÃâà...
Morgan County Citizen
March 14, 2018
In an unrelated arrest, Andrew Whittington, 40, Myrtle Beach, S.C. was sentenced to 110 months imprisonment for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. Whittington was arrested on Dec. 18, 2016 by a Georgia State Patrol trooper after heÃâà...
East Cobb News
March 9, 2018
Her son, Jordan Davis, was shot and killed in 2012 at a gas station in Jacksonville, Fla., by another motorist in an altercation over loud music. The killer received life in prison. McBath had intended to run for the Georgia legislature but changed her filing to Congress after the deadly Feb. 14 school shootingsÃâà...
Sunbury Daily Item
March 5, 2018
The Department of Justice has called for the decrease of 6,132 positions, including administrative staff and correctional officers, from federal prisons nationwide ... Local 3976 and an employee at the federal prison in Estill, S.C. His father was the first African American prison warden in the state of Georgia.
Daily Tribune News
March 2, 2018
Continuing, Pak said Banks also informed the contact that the Federal Bureau of Investigation had court-ordered wiretaps on Francisco Palacios Baras, an inmate in a Georgia state prison, and told the source to warn Tomas Pineda Mendoza to not pick up twokilograms of methamphetamine ahead of aÃâà...
WALB-TV
February 28, 2018
Cries of brutal torture in Georgia prisons have prompted one man to file more than 40 lawsuits against Georgia Department of Corrections ... The document shows the intergovernmental organization reached out to the United States in 2008 about the allegations of torture in the Georgia state prison system.
The Citizen.com
February 19, 2018
... the Georgia Department of Corrections which included the Georgia Industrial Institution in Alto, Ga., Georgia Diagnostic Center, Jackson, Ga. and the Georgia State Prison in Reidsville, Ga. Mr. Caldwell retired with 36 years of service as deputy commissioner of the prison system for the State of Georgia.
WSAV-TV
December 31, 1999
ATLANTA (AP) - A federal civil rights lawsuit says several guards at a southeast Georgia prison brutally beat two handcuffed inmates. The Southern Center for Human Rights filed the lawsuit Thursday against six current and former Department of Corrections employees. It was filed on behalf of inmatesÃâà...
The Albany Herald
December 31, 1999
Southern Center for Human Rights files lawsuit Thursday against Georgia State Prison ... ATLANTA — The Southern Center for Human Rights filed a civil rights lawsuit Thursday on behalf of two men claiming they were beaten, while handcuffed, by officers employed at Georgia State Prison in Reidsville.
The Augusta Chronicle
December 31, 1999
The state is also failing to provide housing support for the mentally ill being discharged from jails and prisons, the report said. The State of Georgia is still not providing adequate care for some developmentally disabled patients discharged into the community, including at least one death due to neglect of aÃâà...
Northwest Georgia News
December 31, 1999
A former Rome police officer was sentenced to prison after pleading guilty to felony drug trafficking, bribery and violation of his oath of office charges. ... In March of last year, Cox was the last of three people arrested in a marijuana trafficking investigation, which was conducted by the GBI, Georgia StateÃâà...
Patch.com
December 31, 1999
Troopers with the Georgia State Patrol were dispatched around 10:30 p.m. Nov. 26, 2015, to the two-vehicle accident on S.R. 293 just outside Kingston's city limits. While negotiating a curve, the driver of a 2006 Chrysler 300 traveling southbound on the highway "crossed over the double yellow line" and hitÃâà...
Fort Lee Daily Voice
December 31, 1999
Eleven of the claims "used the identities of current or former inmates in the Georgia state prison system, and several others were filed in the names of members of the Crespo family," the attorney general said. In the second scheme, Crespo filed 23 fraudulent Temporary Disability Insurance (TDI) -- this timeÃâà...
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