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| Augusta State Medical Prison ranks high in assaults |
| By chronicle.augusta.com - Kyle Martin |
| Published: 11/07/2011 |
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Augusta [GA] State Medical Prison ranks high among Georgia’s state prisons for the number of serious attacks on both inmates and corrections staff, according to an analysis of prison incident reports and state data from the Department of Corrections. From Jan. 1, 2008, through Sept. 3, 2011, the medical prison ranked among the top five of the state’s 31 prisons for major incidents of inmate-to-staff attacks, according to the analysis by The Augusta Chronicle. It ranked among the top five prisons for major inmate-to-inmate attacks 2008 through 2010, but attacks seemed to be slowing in 2011. In August, however, violence reached lethal levels when Antonio Wiley was stabbed to death with homemade shanks in a prison yard; seven inmates have been charged. That stabbing was included in 23 inmate-on-inmate attacks recorded through Sept. 3, out of which 10 were classified “major incidents.” Records from the state Department of Corrections show serious attacks against staff are high at ASMP when compared with other prisons. Through Sept. 3, ASMP has recorded 20 major incidents against staff, tying it for second place with Georgia Diagnostic State Prison, which has double the capacity. Coastal State Prison in Savannah topped the list with 21 incidents. Incident reports from this year paint an often vivid account of life behind bars and the danger corrections officers dodge on a frequent basis. On July 3, an inmate was found unresponsive in his cell, face down in a pool of blood. His roommate refused to be handcuffed so officers could enter the cell, and he had to be subdued with pepper spray. The injured inmate told officers that he had been beaten four times already and that this time he was beaten while sleeping. Read More. |
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