Georgia

Next Ga. county sheriff to face lingering issues over jail facility, staffing

Though he is no longer sheriff, Victor Hill continues to be named in lawsuits about conditions at the Clayton County Jail and the treatment of detainees by staff

Ex-Ga. jail deputy accused of sexually assaulting inmate days after basic training

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The deputy spent just five months at the sheriff's office, his first sworn job in Georgia law enforcement

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Ga. gang member gets 30 years in juvenile detention officer assault

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The brutal attack left the officer temporarily without sight in her right eye

Update: All 5 Ga. county jail escapees now behind bars

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The Georgia DOC Canine Unit and other local law enforcement agencies assisted the U.S. Marshals in Tuesday's manhunt

5 'violent' inmates escape Ga. county jail after attacking officers

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The officers were doing cell checks when they were attacked and locked in a cell

New software helps Ga. jail separate rival gangs, reduce human error

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Officials hope the software will also increase officer safety when working with violent inmates

Officials: Secret informant program may be putting Ga. inmates at risk

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Within four months of its implementation at Valdosta State, one informant nearly lost his life while the prison captain who supplied him with cell phones, despite objecting to the policy, would eventually lose his job because of it

Fla. teens arrested after posing on Snapchat with guns at school

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One image showed the gun's magazine and bullets

Parole board denies clemency for death-row inmate in Ga.

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Marcus Ray Johnson is scheduled to die at 7 p.m. Thursday at the state prison in Jackson

Ga. man acquitted after 29 years files civil rights suit

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Timothy R. Johnson was 22 in September 1984 when police arrested him and charged him in the killing of a Warner Robins convenience store clerk shot during a robbery

Ex-Georgia lawmaker sentenced to year and a day in prison

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A federal judge on Monday sentenced a former Georgia state representative and civil rights activist to a year and a day in prison for fraud

Ex-deputy gets 1 month confinement in Ga. jail death

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A Chatham County Superior Court jury last month acquitted ex-deputy Jason Kenny of involuntary manslaughter in the January death of 21-year-old Mathew Ajibade

Sentencing set for deputies convicted in Ga. jail death

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Two former sheriff's deputies face possible prison time when they're sentenced for crimes in the stun gun-related death of a 21-year-old jail detainee