Georgia

Ga. governor announces $1K bonus for COs, first responders for effort during COVID

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The state will be using funds made available by the American Rescue Plan Act to provide the bonus

Video: Deputy cuts shirt off corrections officer accused of ferrying contraband

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The sheriff’s office said the video was meant “as a show of transparency”

How this new gel/antidote combo provides a better less-lethal tool

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Reflex Protect Tactical

Reflex Protect Presidia Gel doesn’t spread once sprayed, and its effects can be easily reversed once compliance is achieved for quicker relief to the subject and a quicker return to duty for the officer

Video: LEO, CO face off in ‘dance battle’ for breast cancer awareness

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It was police versus corrections, Georgia versus Florida in a salsa dance battle for the ages – and all for a good cause

Lawmakers who toured Georgia detention site raise concerns

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In addition to allegations of nonconsensual gynecological procedures, lawmakers recounted stories of extreme unsanitary conditions

Ga. inmates credited with saving life of deputy who had a stroke

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Inmates noticed something was off with Gwinnett County Sheriff's Deputy Patrick Edmond while he was conducting a routine cell search

3 Ga. inmates save deputy’s life

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“These inmates had no obligation whatsoever to render aid to a bleeding, vulnerable deputy, but they didn't hesitate,” the sheriff’s office said

8,000 cellphones found in Georgia prisons this year

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8,000 cellphones found in Georgia prisons this year

Ga. prison officials hope FCC will allow cell phone jamming in prisons

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Cell phone jamming is illegal according to the FCC, but prison officials are hopeful they can plead their case

Former Ga. correctional officer gets 25 years in inmate sex assaults

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A former Newton County detention officer who sexually assaulted two female inmates will spend 25 years of a life sentence behind bars

Investigator gave 'inaccurate information' in Ga. jail death

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Said that the requirement to check on Mathew Ajibade every 15 minutes was incorrect

Deputy describes fight with detainee who died in jail cell

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Pvt. Samuel Richardson testified Friday that Mathew Ajibade seemed confused as the deputy tried to book him

Video shows Ga. inmate's struggle with deputies before death

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Surveillance video from a Georgia jail shows an inmate struggling in a confrontation with deputies and being hit and kicked before he was restrained and later found dead