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Rogers was the scene of the alleged mistreatment of a transgender female inmate named Zahara Green in July 2012. Green filed suit against the state corrections department.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Hess|first1=Amanda|title=Protecting Trans Prisoners|url=http://www.slate.com/articles/double_x/doublex/2015/01/leslieann_manning_lawsuit_a_transgender_woman_sues_the_sullivan_correctional.html|website=Slate.com|accessdate=28 July 2016}}</ref> |
Rogers was the scene of the alleged mistreatment of a transgender female inmate named Zahara Green in July 2012. Green filed suit against the state corrections department.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Hess|first1=Amanda|title=Protecting Trans Prisoners|url=http://www.slate.com/articles/double_x/doublex/2015/01/leslieann_manning_lawsuit_a_transgender_woman_sues_the_sullivan_correctional.html|website=Slate.com|accessdate=28 July 2016}}</ref> |
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On October 25, 2019 the administration at Rogers State Prison released, due to an error, prisoner Tony Maycon Munoz-Mendez, 31, who was convicted of rape and aggravated child molestation in Gwinnett County, according to Georgia Department of Corrections records. He had been in prison since April 2015 and was serving a life sentence.Officials with the U.S. Marshals Service and the Georgia Department of Corrections are currently trying to find this individual.<ref> https://www.ajc.com/news/crime--law/convicted-rapist-sought-after-being-released-from-prison-error/vdff9juJM6O0eHze5RJxeI/ |
On October 25, 2019 the administration at Rogers State Prison released, due to an error, prisoner Tony Maycon Munoz-Mendez, 31, who was convicted of rape and aggravated child molestation in Gwinnett County, according to Georgia Department of Corrections records. He had been in prison since April 2015 and was serving a life sentence. Officials with the U.S. Marshals Service and the Georgia Department of Corrections are currently trying to find this individual.<ref>{{cite web|title=Convicted rapist sought after being released from prison ‘in error’|last1=Burns|first1=Asia Simone|url=https://www.ajc.com/news/crime--law/convicted-rapist-sought-after-being-released-from-prison-error/vdff9juJM6O0eHze5RJxeI/|website=ajc.com|accessdate=28 October 2019}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 18:59, 28 October 2019
Location | 1978 Georgia Highway 147 Reidsville, Georgia |
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Status | open |
Security class | medium |
Capacity | 1391 |
Opened | 1983; expanded 1989 |
Managed by | Georgia Department of Corrections |
Rogers State Prison is a Georgia Department of Corrections state medium-security prison for men located in Reidsville, Tattnall County, Georgia.[1] Currently, the operational capacity of the facility is 1391 inmates and its warden is Linton Deloach. (Reidsville is also the site of the 1938 Georgia State Prison, about one mile away.)
The facility includes an extensive working farm, a canning operation, a dairy, and beef and pork production. These agricultural programs contribute a significant amount of food back into other state prisons.
In May 2005 three correctional officers were suspended, pending an investigation of allegations made by a former guard and whistleblower named Tommy Cardell. Cardell went to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation claiming that he had seen 20 to 30 instances of prisoners being beaten while handcuffed, and other systematic cruel treatment.[2]
Rogers was the scene of the alleged mistreatment of a transgender female inmate named Zahara Green in July 2012. Green filed suit against the state corrections department.[3]
On October 25, 2019 the administration at Rogers State Prison released, due to an error, prisoner Tony Maycon Munoz-Mendez, 31, who was convicted of rape and aggravated child molestation in Gwinnett County, according to Georgia Department of Corrections records. He had been in prison since April 2015 and was serving a life sentence. Officials with the U.S. Marshals Service and the Georgia Department of Corrections are currently trying to find this individual.[4]
References
- ^ "Dodge State Prison". Georgia Department of Correction. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
- ^ "3 prison officers suspended amid beating allegations Reidsville claims investigated". Athens (GA) Banner Herald. Associated Press. 21 May 2005. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
- ^ Hess, Amanda. "Protecting Trans Prisoners". Slate.com. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
- ^ Burns, Asia Simone. "Convicted rapist sought after being released from prison 'in error'". ajc.com. Retrieved 28 October 2019.