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Georgia prison employees have aided prisoners’ criminal schemes - An AJC investigation
Atlanta Journal-Constitution· 2 days agoCorrectional officers are sometimes corrupt on Day One, recruited by gangs to take prison jobs. In other cases, employees are enticed or coerced, once they are in the company of prisoners, into ...
Leader of drug trafficking organization sentenced to prison
The Albany Herald, Ga. via Yahoo News· 6 days agoALBANY – The leader of an armed drug trafficking organization responsible for acquiring at least 250 kilograms of methamphetamine from a prisoner and then distributing the drugs into west-central ...
Polk County deputies solve 1972 cold case murder
WFTV via Yahoo News· 7 days agoDetectives said they contacted Georgia authorities and were told it could be released to a missing person named Lewis House. After a further...
DNA evidence identifies victim in 1972 Eloise killing, Polk Sheriff's Office says
The Ledger via Yahoo News· 7 days agoInvestigators learned about Lewis House, a man who had reportedly left Georgia for Florida in 1972...
Three prisoners died of thirst. All had water fountains in their cells. How could this happen?
WFAA Dallas-Fort Worth· 2 days agoInside her Tarrant County Jail cell, Georgia Baldwin ranted she was a “worldwide wanted hostage.”...
A Canadian serial killer who brought victims to his pig farm is hospitalized after a prison assault
Atlanta Journal-Constitution· 3 days agoA 51-year-old inmate was in custody for the assault Sunday at a prison in Quebec, police spokesman...
Who's John Doe? Polk County deputies identify victim in decades-old cold case
WTSP-TV Tampa· 7 days agoA tip from a prisoner and multiple rounds of DNA testing led to Polk County Sheriff's detectives...
DNA testing helps solve 1972 ‘John Doe’ cold case in Polk County, sheriff’s office says
WKMG ClickOrlando· 7 days agoFifty-two years ago today, a person fishing in Polk County found a man dead. Through DNA testing and...
New report says ‘profound barriers’ keep women, GA people of color from education, opportunity
WSB-TV 2 Atlanta· 2 days agoA new report from the Georgia Budget and Policy Institute details what they say are “profound...
A guide to the county offices you'll be voting on | Here's why they matter
WXIA-TV Atlanta· 4 days ago11Alive has put together a guide to give you a better understanding of what some county-level...