WILL BE MAKING LANDFALL AFTER THAT IT WILL RACE OFF TOWARDS THE NORTHEAST. AND LIKE I SAID
PRODUCE POTENTIAL A LOT OF
POWER OUTAGES MARY.
>> CORRECTIONS OFFICERS SPEAKING OUT AFTER THIS WEEKEND’S VIOLENT DISTURBING
FOR THIS OFFICER TO PRISON.
JUST A CELL PHONE VIDEO TAKEN
BY AN INMATE, SHOWING AN
OFFICER IN HANDCUFFS BEING
ESCORTED BY
AN AIDS. MILES SINCE IT WAS
POSTED ON AND IT IS REAL TALK
RIGHT NOW. THE POLLS.
THE GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF
CORRECTIONS SAYS 2 STAFF
MEMBERS AND 3 INMATES WERE
INJURED DURING THE UNREST AT
WHERE STATE PRISON. WAYCROSS.
>>MARY BAER: NEWS 4 JAX REPORTER CORLEY PEEL SPOKE WITH 2 CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS WHO
WORK AT THE PRISON INCLUDING
ONE WHO WAS ON DUTY SATURDAY
NIGHT WHEN THE DISTURBANCE
BROKE OUT IN CORLEY HE’S
CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS BELIEVED
THEY WERE EASY TARGETS.
>> THE OFFICERS SAYS THAT THEY HAVE POR STAFFING AT THE PRISON AND THEY SAY IF THE
PRISON WAS BETTER STAFFED AND
IF THEY HAD
MORE EQUIPMENT THEN THIS
VIOLENCE DISTURBANCE THAT WAS
CAUGHT ON VIDEO WOULD HAVE
NEVER HAPPENED.
>> THIS VIDEO SHOWS A
CORRECTIONS OFFICER
IN HANDCUFFS AFTER WITNESSES
SAY WHERE STATE PRISON INMATES
TOOK THE
OFFICER HOSTAGE. THE UNEDITED
REAL RIGHT NOW GROUP SHARED THE
VIDEO WITH NEWS 4 JAX.
>> AND CORRECTIONS OFFICER WHO
WANTS TO REMAIN ANONYMOUS SAYS
THEY FEARED FOR
THEIR SAFETY AS THEY WATCH THE
CHAOS BREAK OUT SATURDAY NIGHT.
WITNESSES SAY INMATES USED CONTRABAND CELLPHONES TO RECORD INJURED INMATES COVERED IN
BLOOD INSIDE A DORM. THAT VIDEO
HAS NOW
GONE VIRAL. 3 INMATES IN 2
OFFICERS WERE HURT. ACCORDING
TO PRISON OFFICIALS ARE USING
ALL MY DO YOU KNOW HOW THEY
WERE ABLE TO GAIN CONTROL.
THE OFFICER SAYS INMATES ALSO STOLE RADIOS.
ACCORDING TO THE OFFICER LOW STAFFING IS A REASON INMATES WERE ABLE TO TAKE OVER.
THEY SAY ROUGHLY 13 OFFICERS
WERE SUPERVISING MORE THAN 1500
INMATES SATURDAY NIGHT
AT TIMES SOME OF THE 13 HOUSING
UNITS GO UNSUPERVISED.
ANOTHER OFFICER WHO WANTS TO REMAIN ANONYMOUS WASN’T THERE SATURDAY NIGHT BUT RESIGNED
AFTER THE DISTURBANCE.
THEY SAY THE ONLY EQUIPMENT THEY HAVE TO PROTECT THEMSELVES IS THEIR BARE HANDS.
>> THE OFFICERS SAY IT’S NORMAL FOR THEM TO WORK 13 TO 14 HOUR SHIFTS. THEY SAY THEY’RE HOPING
THAT THIS
DISTURBANCE WILL ACROSS THE
STATE TO SEND A MESSAGE TO
HOPEFULLY MAKE THE PRISON SAFER
FOR STAFF. THE GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS SAYS THAT THE 3 INMATES AND 2
OFFICERS THAT WERE INJURED ARE
EXPECTED TO
BE OKAY. I DID REACH OUT TO
THEM TODAY TO FIND OUT MORE
ANSWERS ABOUT HOW THIS HAPPENED
AND HOW THIS COULD
BE PREVENTED. THEY SAID THEY
WOULD GET BACK TO ME WITH THE
ANSWERS TO THOSE QUESTIONS.
BUT I’M STILL WAITING TO HEAR
BACK AND I WILL CONTINUE TO
KEEP YOU UPDATED
AS SOON AS I LEARNED MORE
REPORTING LIVE CORLEY PEEL
CHANNEL 4 THE
LOCAL STATION.
>>MARY BAER: AND CURRENTLY THIS
ISN’T THE FIRST VIOLENT EVENT
AT THE PRISON AN INMATE WAS
KILLED JUST A COUPLE OF WEEKS
AGO.
>> THAT’S RIGHT THE GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS SAYS AS AN INMATE WAS KILLED BY
ANOTHER INMATE.
2 WEEKS AGO. THE WHERE HAIR
JOURNAL HERALD REPORTED THAT
THAT WAS PROMPTED BECAUSE OF
UNREST IN THE PRISON BECAUSE