...164-bed med facility. That's bigger than most Georgia/S.C. county hospitals. Meanwhile, the not-so-old Walton Way jail is falling apart. When a building can't last 27 years, something about those architects and politicians looks...
...and an area for prisoner intake. Construction has not begun on that phase.Currently all inmates are booked at the Walton Way jail.What happens to the empty building is questionable. There have been discussions about demolishing it but nothing...
...hospital to the custody of the Richmond County Sheriff's Office.Stephon M. Carter, 19, was booked into the Walton Way jail Monday and immediately transferred to the medical wing of the Charles B. Webster Detention Facility on Phinizy Road...
...are at the Charles B. Webster County Detention Center on Phinizy Road.Strength said that by mid-January, the Walton Way jail will house only inmates overnight. It will be used simply to book and hold if it is too late to transport to Webster...
All of the Richmond County Jail inmates have been officially moved eight miles away to the Charles B. Webster Detention Center on Phinizy Road.
...wound. The children were unharmed. Georgia Bureau of Investigations is handling the case.Eight inmates charged in Walton Way jail riotEight jail inmates accused of rioting in the Richmond County jail on Walton Way were indicted this week.The...
...water pipe drenched three offices in the deteriorating Walton Way jail, the men who control Richmond County Sheriff Ronnie...week, reminding them that any money spent fixing the Walton Way jail will reduce the money that can go into the new administration...
...senior citizen programs: Criminal Investigation Division $8,504 Law Department $4,897 Animal Services $4,357 Walton Way jail $1,879 Tax commissioner $1,760 Phinizy jail $1,186 Police training $1,139 Airport administration $822...
...of the Richmond County Correctional Institution, which houses state prisoners, and back into the Phinizy Road and Walton Way jails. Another $723,000 was gained by lowering projected fuel costs from $3.50 per gallon to $2.50 per gallon...
...budget cut of $750,000 in 2011. Its proposed budget is roughly $56 million, which includes operations at both the Walton Way jail and Charles B. Webster Detention Center on Phinizy Road. Strength said the decrease will not affect the number of...
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