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Fri., January 20, 2012 7:43am
The police chief of a north Georgia town has resigned after a scathing report found his department violated its policies while investigating the disappearance of a 7-year-old girl whose body was found days later in a trash compactor at her apartment complex. Also, the man who admitted killing the girl apparently killed himself in his prison cell Thursday.
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Wed., November 23, 2011 8:18am
State officials said illegal cell phones inside the Telfair State Prison were the cause of a large fight Monday night that led to three inmates being taken to a hospital and two of the dormitories being locked down. Georgia Department of Corrections officials said the disturbance brings to light the serious dangers of cell phones in Georgia's prison system.
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Sun., September 18, 2011 8:13pm
The Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles Monday will hear from supporters and opponents of Troy Davis' execution. The state is set to put the condemned prisoner to death on Wednesday for the 1989 fatal shooting of Savannah police officer Mark MacPhail. A UGA Law School professor says, there's too much doubt in Davis' case to carry out an irreversible sentence.
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Fri., May 20, 2011 3:16pm
Georgia will switch to a new drug for prisoner executions after federal regulators seized its stockpile of sodium thiopental, a sedative used in the three-drug combination for lethal injections. The Department of Corrections plans to use pentobarbital instead.
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Tue., February 1, 2011 3:48pm
Gov. Deal is pushing more alternative programs for non-violent drug offenders. It's a way to deal with the state's staggering prison budget. Several judges around the state already run alternative sentencing programs. One lesson they say Deal can learn from their experience is to find the money to pay for the best treatment available.
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Fri., June 25, 2010 4:05pm
The number of Georgia Prisoners has gone up as money for locking them up is going down.
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Fri., March 5, 2010 8:54am
The Georgia Department of Corrections is closing its 700-bed Bostick State
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Thu., January 7, 2010 1:34pm
Family members say Georgia death row inmates are trying to organize a hunge
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Thu., November 19, 2009 7:33pm
The state is having a hard time finding housing for former inmates with spe
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