250 inmates out, stab-proof vests in at Hays State Prison
by The Chattanooga Times-Free Press
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Image of entrance and guard tower at Hays State Prison in Trion. (Georgia Department of Corrections photo)
Image of entrance and guard tower at Hays State Prison in Trion. (Georgia Department of Corrections photo)
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ATLANTA — The Georgia Department of Corrections can move quickly when it wants to.

More than 250 violent inmates have been transferred out of Hays State Prison.

Warden Clay Tatum has been replaced by one of his supervisors, corrections field operations manager Rick Jacobs.

Now the prison is doing a floor-to-ceiling tear-down to remake one and a half cellhouses into close-security units for the most dangerous inmates, state Corrections Commissioner Brian Owens told the Board of Corrections on Thursday.

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pikerat
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February 12, 2013
AMAZING!! Where has Mr Jacobs been for the last 3 years?
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sunflower63
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February 12, 2013
Unbelievable !!!
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