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Nov. 19—Cobb County's half-empty detention center is housing about 100 detainees on behalf of the Fulton County jail, according to a spokesperson for the Cobb Sheriff's Office. The detainees ...
Decatur County Prison Bainbridge: Minimum 135 Adult males Effingham County Prison Springfield: Medium 192 Adult males Floyd County Prison Rome: Medium 424 Adult males Gwinnett County Prison Lawrenceville: Minimum 158 Adult males Hall County Correctional Institution Gainesville: Medium 200 Adult males Harris County Prison Hamilton: Medium 150 ...
Feb. 18—Among many reforms newly-elected Sheriff Craig Owens detailed at a recent Cobb Democratic Party function were an audit of his predecessor's books and his handling of inmate deaths. Owens ...
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".
Inmate Name Register Number Photo Status Details Nicodemo Scarfo: 09813-050: Transferred to FMC Butner; died of natural causes in 2017.: Boss of the Philadelphia crime family from 1981 to 1988; convicted in 1988 of racketeering conspiracy for directing Mafia activities including drug trafficking, loansharking, extortion, and murder.
Overall, more than 60 Fulton inmates have died between 2009 and October 2022, the highest total for any jail in Georgia during that time, according to the Journal-Constitution's investigation.Last ...
More than 800 people have lost their lives in jail since July 13, 2015 but few details are publicly released. Huffington Post is compiling a database of every person who died until July 13, 2016 to shed light on how they passed.
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.