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Ga. suspends 19 juvenile justice workers, supervisor

...juvenile justice spokesman Jim Shuler said.Niles has asked the Georgia Bureau of Investigation and the state Department of Corrections to conduct an independent audit of the agency. The commissioner also announced that he's hired a new chief...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/crime-courts/2013-06-14/ga-suspends-19-juvenil
Edward Hopkins

...Mr. Hopkins retired from U. S. Army as Master Sergeant after 20 years of service and retired from Colorado Department of Corrections. He was a member of New Zion Hill Missionary Baptist Church. Survivors are his wife, Rose Hopkins; daughter...

http://www.legacy.com/Link.asp?I=LS000165045395
Across the region

...fightATLANTA - The state Department of Corrections has agreed to give the Southern...northwest Georgia prison.The Department of Corrections initially told the organization...documents, the Georgia Department of Corrections has agreed to pay the organization's...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2013-05-09/across-region
Woman shot at Gordon Highway motel

...afternoon.Investigators are searching for Jabali Jerome Howard, 29, as a suspect.According to the Georgia Department of Corrections, Howard was sentenced in 2010 to five years in prison for cruelty to children, one year for simple battery...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/crime-courts/2013-04-30/woman-shot-gordon-high
Private probation company Sentinel hit with another civil lawsuit

...constitutionality of the state law that transferred responsibility for misdemeanor probation sentences from the state Department of Corrections to the individual counties. Local governments can provide probation services through a county office or contract...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/crime-courts/2013-03-22/private-probation-comp
Federal appeals court lifts stay of execution for Ga. man

...drug has become increasingly difficult to obtain since its manufacturer has barred its use for executions. The Department of Corrections will try to get more at the appropriate time, said spokeswoman Gwendolyn Hogan.Hill was sentenced to die...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/2013-04-23/federal-appeals-court-lifts-stay-ex
Man surrenders in fatal shooting

...Tate Road, was taken to Georgia Regents Medical Center.She died Tuesday afternoon.According to the Georgia Department of Corrections, Howard was sentenced in 2010 to five years in prison for cruelty to children, one year for simple battery...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/crime-courts/2013-04-30/man-surrenders-fatal-s
Colo. prison chief's death highlights safety concerns for guards, wardens

...spokesman for the South Carolina Department of Corrections. "It's the nature of...former director of the Idaho Department of Correction. "These gangs have become...spokeswoman for the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, said...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/2013-03-24/colo-prison-chiefs-death-highlights
Bill would make YDC abuse reports secret

...Development Centers. It's there that SB 69 would stop disclosures of abuse reports.Officials pointed out that the Department of Corrections already has similar laws against release of documents about inmate abuse complaints in adult prisons.The reason...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/government/2013-03-26/bill-would-make-ydc-abus
GBI release report on fatal police shootout

...he'd done nothing wrong. He also complained the incident was going to cost him his job as lieutenant with the Department of Corrections at Macon State Prison. Warner Robins police Lt. Don Edwards told the GBI that as officers approached the house...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/latest-news/2013-03-30/gbi-release-report-fatal-pol