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An investigation was spurred this week after an Athens-Clarke County Jail inmate died and two others were found unconscious.
Clarke County Jail inmate died after guards found him unresponsive in his cell Tuesday, according to the sheriff’s office.The ...
A 31-year-old inmate at Athens-Clarke County Jail has died, prompting an investigation by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation ...
The last of four inmates who escaped from a central Georgia county jail last month has been taken back into custody, according to a news release from the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office.
A Georgia inmate who was found unresponsive in a medical unit cell at a jail currently under federal investigation died at a hospital soon after he was transferred, authorities said Saturday.
The Muscogee County Jail in Columbus had three inmates die over a two-week period in 2013. ... Currently, no one tracks how many Georgia jail inmates have a mental illness.
Two inmates crawl through an opening in a chain-link fence at the Bibb County Jail in Macon, Ga., early Oct. 16. Four people escaped the jail that morning, sparking a 33-day manhunt.