Alarm Alerts Staff to Drug-Carrying Drone at Autry State Prison Contraband recovered FORSYTH, Ga. — On December 4 at 11:53 p.m., the Drone Tracker alarm, a newly piloted system, at Autry State Prison (SP) sounded. While there was no sighting of a drone by staff; an inner and outer sweep of the facility was conducted and officers recovered… Read More »
PRESS RELEASE INMATE FOUND IN POSSESSION OF DRUGS: On Thursday night at 10:30pm, an employee at Decatur County Ambulance (EMS) on Airport Road observed an occupied vehicle sitting behind their building. The vehicle pulled off, but due to the suspicious nature of the vehicle and the time of night, a call was made to E911 asking for an… Read More »
Officials with the Decatur County Correctional Institute and Decatur County Sheriff’s Office arrested an inmate’s mother after discovering an ongoing conspiracy to smuggle contraband into the prison. According to Investigator Redell Walton with the Decatur County Sheriff’s Office, the Decatur County Correctional Institution got wind of a plan to place contraband in an inmate work area and were able… Read More »