428 Georgia Prison Employees Criminally Charged in Five Years by On February 28, 2024, prisoner advocates held a press conference outside the Georgia State Capitol in Atlanta, demanding that state lawmakers address twin afflictions in the state’s beleaguered Department of Corrections (DOC), whose 51,000 prisoners now represent its highest population …
Georgia Sheriff Resigns After Groping TV Judge’s Breast by Nearly two years after Sheriff Kris Coody of Georgia’s Bleckley County publicly groped television Judge Glenda Hatchett’s chest, he pleaded guilty to misdemeanor sexual battery in state court on August 21, 2023. Coody, 59, was then sentenced to 12 months of …
Guard and Four Summit Food Service Employees Arrested for Smuggling at Troubled Atlanta Jail by A former guard at the Fulton County Jail in Atlanta and four employees of its food service contractor, Summit Food Services (SFS), are among a half-dozen people accused of running a smuggling ring at the …
With Guard Arrests at Georgia Jail, Sheriff Asks, “What Are We Doing Wrong?” by As much as he works to maintain a highly trained and ethical staff, Sheriff Richard Roundtree of Georgia’s Richmond County finds the goal elusive. As of August 2023, 33 deputies had been arrested over the last …
Sick Georgia Prisoners Forced to Choose Between Treatment and Early Release by As reported by The Appeal on September 25, 2023, a Georgia prisoner with Hepatitis C was forced to pass up placement in a work-release program in order to maintain his medical care, which was not available to him …
Doe v. Cheeks, GA, Complaint, Sexual Assault, 2024 Case 2:24-cv-00036-RWS Document 1 Filed 02/20/24 Page 1 of 5 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA GAINESVILLE DIVISION JANE DOE, Plaintiff, v. CAMERON CHEEKS, Defendant ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Civil Action …
Estate of Joseph Walter Brown v. Hatcher, GA, Complaint, Wrongful Death -Failure to Protect, 2024 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF GEORGIA MACON DIVISION DARLENE BROWN and KELVIN BROWN, as surviving parents of Joseph Walter Brown and as putative personal representatives of the estate of Joseph Walter …
Deaths and Lawsuits Mount at “Disgusting” Atlanta Jail by After a gruesome toll of 10 detainee deaths in 2023, Atlanta’s Fulton County Jail (FCJ) recorded its first fatality of the new year on January 10, 2024. Michael Anthony Holland, 36, was found unresponsive in his cell and later died at …
Multiple Staffers Arrested at Georgia’s Clayton County Jail by Eight employees were arrested at Georgia’s Clayton County Jail in 2023, including guard Jalen Clausel. He was taken in five days after Sheriff Levon Allen said the guard let four detainees assault a fifth on October 28, 2023. None of the …
Eleventh Circuit Addresses First Amendment, Due Process Interests in Georgia Prisoner Emails by New communications technology introduced in prisons and jails has raised questions as to how prisoners’ First Amendment rights are implicated. Such concerns were addressed by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit on June 23, …
Doe v. Georgia Dept of Corrections, GA, Complaint, Transgender, 2023 Case 1:23-cv-05578-MLB Document 1 Filed 12/06/23 Page 1 of 85 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA JANE DOE, Plaintiff, v. GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF Civ. Case No. _________________ CORRECTIONS; COMMISSIONER TYRONE OLIVER, in his official …
Doe v. Georgia Dept of Corrections, GA, Motion for Preliminary Injunction, Transgender, 2023 Case 1:23-cv-05578-MLB Document 2 Filed 12/06/23 Page 1 of 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA JANE DOE, Civ. No. Plaintiff, v. GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS et al., Defendants. PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY …
Doe v. Georgia Dept of Corrections, GA, Memorandum of Law in Support of Motion for Prelim Injunction, Transgender, 2023 Case 1:23-cv-05578-MLB Document 2-1 Filed 12/06/23 Page 1 of 39 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA JANE DOE, Civ. No. Plaintiff, v. GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, et …
News in Brief by Alabama: Within 48-hours of booking into the Morgan County Jail on August 29, 2023, Miles Rea Batson, 39, had two second-degree assault charges added to his public intoxication charge as well as another for disarming a law enforcement agent. WHNT in Huntsville reported that during booking …
Eleventh Circuit Revives Claim Against NaphCare for Wrongful Death of Atlanta Jail Detainee by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney “This appeal arises from the tragic death of Antonio May,” began the decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit on June 7, 2023. As longtime PLN readers …
Estate of Thomas Giles v. Ga Dept of Corrections, GA, Settlement, Wrongful Death-Failure to Protect, 2023 Page 1 of 21 RELEASE AND SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT FOR AND IN CONSIDERATION of payment ~f upfront cash and future periodic payments as outlined in the SETTLEMENT PAYMENTS section below, which together total the sum …
News in Brief by Alabama: Three jail guards in the Yellowhammer State were hit with drug smuggling charges in August 2023 and another the month after. WAFF in Huntsville reported that Morgan County Jail guard Bobby Simmons, 19, was arrested on August 3, 2023, when he was charged with promoting …
News in Brief by Alabama: On August 12, 2023, an Alabama jail guard was caught – in uniform – stealing Pokemon cards from a Walmart. WBMA in Birmingham reported that Josh Hardy then fled store security on foot before cops caught him in a nearby restaurant. Calhoun County Sheriff Matthew …
News in Brief by Alabama: According to WSFA in Montgomery, a guard at the Montgomery County Detention Center was charged on July 18, 2023, with conspiracy to provide contraband to a prisoner as well as bribing a public official. Timothy Bernard Summerlin, 33, had worked at the lockup for roughly …
Atlanta Federal Prison Gets Another Reboot by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman Thirty years since its last reboot, the troubled U.S. Penitentiary in Atlanta has gotten another one, after violence and corruption led the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) to transfer most prisoners elsewhere in late 2021. [See: PLN, Jan. …
