In The News – Hundreds held too long at Fulton County jail may join federal lawsuit.

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Hundreds held too long at Fulton County jail may join federal lawsuit.

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In The News – Georgia Students Subjected to Intrusive Searches Will Share $3 Million.

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The authorities subjected 850 high school students to “unreasonable, aggressive and invasive” searches, a lawsuit alleged. They were looking for drugs, but found none.

In The News – Wilkinson County to pay $420,000 settlement in woman’s jail death.

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A federal wrongful-death lawsuit says Cynthia Mixon died after jail officials withheld her prescription medication.

In The News – Suit filed over woman’s ‘avoidable’ death at Gwinnett jail.

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On the morning of Saturday, Feb. 28, 2015, Denise Gertrude Forte missed breakfast.

In The News – DeKalb pays convicted double murderer $75,000 in jail beating case.

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DeKalb County commissioners voted Tuesday to pay $75,000 to a Bloods gang member convicted of the murder of two young women after he said a jailer broke his jaw and gave him a concussion.

In The News – Lawsuit: Cobb jail guard kept job despite pattern of inmate abuse.

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In jailhouse footage, the guard is seen pushing the inmate to the ground, where he lies, screaming in pain, his hip broken, as staff drift in and out, attempting to pull him to his feet and at one point taunting him.

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In The News – How Far Can They Go?

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A sheriff’s department is accused of patting down 900 students with “zero cause.” But what happens to fourth amendment rights when students are in school?

In The News – Cobb settles lawsuit filed by inmate who was assaulted by deputy.

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Cobb County settled a lawsuit this week with a former inmate who was assaulted by a sheriff’s deputy at the jail.

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In The News – Gwinnett jail death leads to lawsuit.

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The family of a female inmate who died of pneumonia at the Gwinnett County jail files suit against the sheriff, jail health care provider and staff.

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