SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) An attorney for two men whose beatings by guards were recorded by security cameras at a county jail in Georgia called Wednesday for the U.S. Justice Department to investigate what he called a systemic pattern of sheriff's officers abusing detainees.
An attorney for two men whose beatings by guards were recorded by security cameras at a county jail in Georgia called Wednesday for the U.S. Justice Department to investigate what he called a systemic pattern of sheriff's officers abusing detainees.
Since November, four guards at the Camden County Detention Center have been arrested in connection with hitting inmates, and the News4JAX I-TEAM learned a fifth was fired about three weeks ago for inappropriately using force.