...northwest Georgia prison where three inmates have died since mid-December.Department of Corrections Commissioner Brian Owens named Rick Jacobs to head Hays State Prison in Trion. Warden Clay Tatum is being reassigned within the department...
...sentences for many non-violent crimes is resulting in empty jail bunks across the state, Corrections Commissioner Brian Owens told legislators Wednesday.There was hardly any objection last year when lawmakers in this traditionally tough-on-crime...
...and Paroles has jumped from 51 in 2008 to 89 in the most recent fiscal year.Department of Corrections Commissioner Brian Owens said it was part of an effort to build a better relationship with the pardons board. Five years ago, the board approved...
...researching a switch for about a year, spokeswoman Gwendolyn Hogan said Tuesday. She added that Corrections Comm issioner Brian Owens ordered the change after his staff spoke with corrections officials around the country about their execution procedures...
...Atlanta is set to be executed this month, the state Department of Corrections said Wednesday.Corrections Commissioner Brian Owens set the execution of Andrew Grant DeYoung for 7 p.m. July 20.DeYoung was convicted of three counts of malice murder...
...recently with Rep. Ben Harbin, R-Evans, who leads the House Appropriations Committee. Corrections Commissioner Brian Owens said the state was already withholding 5 percent of each month's appropriations -- as it is this fiscal year for...
...member of Aiken County's troubled narcotics unit has resigned, sheriff's officials announced Friday. Investigator Brian Owens, who was the only member of the five-man team to be suspended rather than fired last week, quit Wednesday, according...
...the firings of Lt. Jonathon Owenby and Investigators James Crowell, Luke Williamson and Tim Roberts. Investigator Brian Owens, who was not with the other four on the night of carousing, was suspended pending the outcome of SLED's investigation...
...of North Augusta; and Lt. Jonathon Owenby, 30, and Investigator Tim Roberts, 29, both of Aiken. Investigator Brian Owens, 38, of Aiken, was placed on administrative leave with pay, pending the outcome of a state investigation. Lt...
...it and other requests in his budget recommendations to the Legislature next year. Corrections Assistant Commissioner Brian Owens said there are several hurdles the project has to clear but that if the full amount is approved, it could be used to...
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