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The Georgia Department of Corrections operates prisons, transitional centers, probation detention centers, and substance use disorder treatment facilities. In addition, state inmates are also housed at private and county correctional facilities.
Banks was booked into the Jackson County Jail. Anyone with information on the case may contact the GBI at 706-552-2309 or leave an anonymous tip at 706-597-8477.
Fulton County, Georgia, and its sheriff's office violated the constitutional rights of people housed at the county jail, according to a new report released by the Justice Department on Thursday.
Opened in 1969, [3] Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison (GDCP) is a Georgia Department of Corrections prison for men in unincorporated Butts County, Georgia, [4] near Jackson. [5] The prison holds the state execution chamber.
The number of inmates locked in the main jail has fallen from nearly 2,600 a year ago to just over 1,600 today, although the county's overall jail population has fallen by less, as it now houses ...
The State of Georgia passed a rewritten death penalty law in 1973. In 1976 the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the Georgia death penalty was constitutional. [19] In June 1980 the site of execution was moved to GDCP, and a new electric chair was installed in place of the original one. The original chair was put on display at the Georgia State Prison.
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Barnett was charged with a number of offenses including first degree burglary, attempting to elude police, aggravated assault on an officer and felony possession of cocaine, according to WEIS radio. The cause of death was hanging, according to the Floyd County Jail public information officer. Jail or Agency: Floyd County Jail; State: Georgia