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News Articles: Jail

Paula Platt holds a photo of her son Stephen Fossett during a press conference in which she and attorneys for her family pressed for more details in Fossett's death during detention by the Bibb County Jail.

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The family of a mentally ill man who died in Bibb County Jail custody wants answers

The family of a man with a history of mental illness who died in the custody of the Bibb County Jail says they are still waiting for answers about how he died.

August 28, 2024
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  • Grant Blankenship
Tiana Hill

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  • News

Formerly incarcerated Georgia women speak about pregnancy behind bars

Women from Georgia spoke about their experiences being pregnant and giving birth while incarcerated at Sen. Jon Ossoff’s  Atlanta hearing of the Senate Committee on Human Rights.

August 15, 2024
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By:
  • Sarah Kallis
The Fulton County Jail is shown April 11, 2023, in Atlanta.

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  • News

National bail fund returns to Georgia after judge says limits were arbitrary

A national nonprofit that aids low-income people behind bars is reopening its Atlanta branch. The decision comes after a judge temporarily blocked part of a Georgia law that restricts organizations from helping people pay bail.

July 23, 2024
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  • Associated Press
Fulton County Sheriff Pat Labat is shown speaking behind microphones and television cameras.

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'People are going to continue to die.' Fulton sheriff responds to scaled-back jail renovation plans

Fulton County Sheriff Patrick Labat spoke out Friday against a decision by the Fulton County Board of Commissioners not to rebuild the Fulton County Jail.

July 15, 2024
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  • Amanda Andrews

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  • News

Bail Project, blaming state law, ceases operations in Georgia

The Bail Project says because of Senate Bill 63, which adds new restrictions on charitable bail funds and new crimes that require cash bail, it's stopping its work in Georgia effective Monday.

June 10, 2024
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By:
  • Peter Biello
Jeffery Christian, right, speaks at a press conference in Chicago, on May 7. Christian and dozens of others claim they were sexually abused as children while incarcerated at Illinois juvenile detention centers, as part of a lawsuit recounting decades of allegations of systemic child abuse.

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  • National

Youth detention facilities face increased scrutiny amid a wave of abuse lawsuits

A new lawsuit alleges widespread sexual abuse of juveniles took place over decades at Illinois youth detention facilities. Similar lawsuits have been filed this year in other states.

May 17, 2024
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  • Meg Anderson
Rust on newer cell door at the Camden County Detention Center.

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  • News

Camden’s sheriff let us tour the deteriorating county jail. Here’s what we saw

As part of the The Current‘s ongoing election coverage and candidate interviews, reporter Jake Shore and photojournalist Justin Taylor paid a visit to Camden County Sheriff Jim Proctor at the Woodbine office and detention center for an interview. While he won’t be on the main ballot on May 21, his challengers have put his spending and jail record foremost in their messages.

May 03, 2024
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  • Jake Shore and
  • Justin Taylor
Bibb County Jail

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  • News

More money for jail security: Macon commission will vote on $2M for magnetic locks, more

The Macon-Bibb County Commission will consider adding magnetic locks and other upgrades to the Bibb County Jail at its Tuesday meeting.

April 15, 2024
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  • Lucinda Warnke and
  • The Telegraph

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New bill stiffens penalties for corrections officers caught bringing contraband into prisons

A bill now headed to Gov. BrianKemp for his signature would stiffen the penalties for corrections officers convicted of bringing contraband cellphones, drugs, and other banned items into Georgia prisons and jails. GPB's Peter Biello spoke at the state capitol with the bill's co-sponsor, Republican Sen. Randy Robertson, about what he hoped to accomplish.

January 24, 2024
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  • Peter Biello
A boy uses a video screen to talk with his mother, who was held at the Campbell County Jail in Jacksboro, Tenn.

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  • National

Jails are embracing video-only visits, but some experts say screens aren't enough

Since the pandemic, many jails have moved to video systems as the only way to visit incarcerated loved ones. A new movement seeks to restore in-person visits

December 20, 2023
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By:
  • Martin Kaste
The population in U.S. jails, like the Los Angeles County Men's Central Jail pictured above, has risen since the pandemic. Most jail inmates are either awaiting court action on a current charge or held in jail for other reasons.

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  • Law

Jail populations are bouncing back to near pre-pandemic levels

During the COVID-19 pandemic, local jails and prisons released thousands of inmates early. Experts say the recent increase reflects a return to business as usual for the nation's carceral system.

December 14, 2023
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  • Jaclyn Diaz
Four men escaped from the Bibb County jail on Monday, Oct. 16, 2023. Clockwise from top left: Johnifer Barnwell, Joey Fournier, Kerry Anderson and Demaryo Stokes.

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  • News

The third of four recent escapees from Macon-Bibb County Jail is recaptured in Augusta

According to the Bibb County Sheriff's Office, 37-year-old Johnifer Dernard Barnwell was arrested early Sunday morning in Augusta. 

November 13, 2023
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  • Grant Blankenship
A photo outside the Fulton County Jail

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  • News

Advocacy groups offer solutions to Fulton County Jail overcrowding

Last week a judge struck down a plan by the Fulton County Sheriff’s office to send inmates to other states to relieve overcrowding in the Fulton County Jail. But advocates for the recently incarcerated say they have better solutions. 

November 06, 2023
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  • Amanda Andrews
The world’s largest indoor pickleball facility in Macon

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Macon Mayor Lester Miller ponders creating new police force, reacts to recent jail break

Crime, blight, housing, economic development, tourism and a guitar-shaped beacon for travelers featured in the monthly Ask Mayor Miller talk.

 

November 02, 2023
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  • Liz Fabian
A security camera is mounted on the side of a building overlooking an intersection in midtown Manhattan, Wednesday, July 31, 2013 in New York. In the background is a billboard of a human eye.

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  • News

Facial recognition technology jailed a man for days. His lawsuit joins others from Black plaintiffs

A Georgia man says authorities wrongly arrested him based on a match generated by facial recognition technology. Randal Quran Reid says he spent six days in a Georgia jail before officials corrected their mistake.

September 25, 2023
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  • Associated Press
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