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This is a list of law enforcement agencies in the U.S. state of Georgia.. According to the US Bureau of Justice Statistics' 2008 Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, the state had 628 law enforcement agencies employing 26,551 sworn police officers, about 274 for each 100,000 residents.
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.
An investigation is underway in northwest Georgia after authorities said four men were found dead in a park. Deputies were dispatched to Pleasant Grove Park in Dalton around 11:15 p.m. Saturday ...
In September 2022, 35-year-old inmate Mr. Lashawn Thompson died in his cell three months after being arrested kept in pre-trail detention for a misdemeanor. [2] [8] His death was considered due to neglect and his family was compensated $4 million. [9] The county sheriff, Patrick Labat, fired three jailers after the scandal. [10]
Ashcraft was charged with simple battery, methamphetamine possession and marijuana possession, according to her booking report from the Cherokee County Sheriff's Office. The sheriff's department told The Associated Press that Ashcraft had a history of health issues. Jail or Agency: Cherokee County Jail; State: Georgia; Date arrested or booked ...
Edenfield is the oldest death row inmate in Georgia. Tiffany Moss: Murdered her stepdaughter, 10-year-old Emani Moss. 5 years, 261 days Moss is the only female death row inmate in Georgia. Michael Nance: Robbed a bank and committed murder during a carjacking. 27 years, 112 days Lyndon Fitzgerald Pace
The Court ordered the Georgia Department of Corrections to carry out the execution on a date between January 31, 2012, and February 7, 2012. Former Commissioner Brian Owens has set the date for January 31, 2012 at the Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison in Jackson at 7:00 p.m. Tate was convicted of the 2001 murder of Chrissie Williams ...
An inmate used a gun to kill a kitchen worker at a Georgia prison early Sunday before fatally shooting himself, state officials said. The Georgia Department of Corrections in a statement said it's ...