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Suspects accused of bringing contraband to Fulton jail annex, cutting through fence
UNION CITY, Ga. — Sheriff’s deputies captured three people they say attempted to sneak in drugs, phones and food to inmates ...
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Inmates break locks at Fulton jail because there's lack of supervision, officials say
The day after a contractor repaired 11 cell doors in the Fulton County jail, seven of them had been damaged again and inmates told the contractor they would keep breaking them, the county’s director ...
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Bibb County Jail death sparks new calls for reform after string of incidents
After one inmate died and four others were injured in a recent Bibb County Jail altercation, community leaders are urging ...
Deadly Bibb County jail stabbing shines light a long-standing problem: locks in the Bibb County jail
While the county has spent nearly $6 million over 5 years, lock problems still persist at the Bibb County Jail, enabling a ...
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Tampering with gates, ‘improvised weapon.’ How deadly Macon jail fight unfolded
People in the Bibb County Jail tampered with — and opened — gates in the facility that separated two cell blocks, causing a large and deadly fight Wednesday, Sheriff David Daivs confirmed. In addition ...
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Santa Fe County jail facing second lawsuit alleging sexual assault of inmate
In the new suit, a former inmate alleges three jail guards took part in beating and then assaulting him during a "degrading" ...
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3 more of the 10 escapees from a New Orleans jail are captured, leaving 2 on the run, officials say
The men yanked open a faulty cell door inside a jail, squeezed through a hole behind a toilet, scaled a barbed-wire fence and fled into the coverage of darkness. The inmates’ absence wasn’t ...