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In December 2023, the prisons experienced five homicides at four prisons, and other serious incidents, including numerous deaths after altercations between inmates, and a Central State Prison ...
(The Center Square) – Hiring and retention of employees are among the biggest challenges for Georgia's prison system, Department of Corrections Commissioner Tyrone Oliver told a House of ...
A prison escape (also referred to as a bust out, breakout, jailbreak, jail escape or prison break) is the act of an inmate leaving prison through unofficial or illegal ways. Normally, when this occurs, an effort is made on the part of authorities to recapture them and return them to their original detainers.
A psychology professor and prison expert told the court he had toured maximum security prisons in roughly two dozen states, and Georgia's SMU unit was “one of the harshest and most draconian ...
Solitary confinement is used on incarcerated individuals when they are considered a danger to themselves or others. It is also used on individuals who are at high risk of being harmed by others, for example because they are transgender, have served as a witness to a crime, or have been convicted of crimes such as child molestation or abuse.
The Fulton County Jail, also referred to as Rice Street, [1] is a prison in Atlanta, Georgia. It was built to hold up to 1,125 prisoners in 1989 but now houses over 3,000. [2] The US Department of Justice found in 2024 that conditions in the jail were unconstitutionally "inhumane, violent and hazardous". [3]
The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Tuesday released the findings of its probe into the conditions of prisons in the state of Georgia, which it said were “inhumane” and in violation of the ...
The 2010 Georgia prison strike was a prison strike involving prisoners at 7 prisons in the U.S. state of Georgia. The strike, organized by the prisoners using contraband cell phones , began on December 9 and ended on December 15.