Sheriff to shorten sentences for inmates who rescued fallen deputy
 

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Inmates in Georgia are getting their sentences shortened for helping a sheriff's deputy who collapsed while on security detail.

Polk County Sheriff Johnny Moats said that six inmates chose to help the deputy, who suffers from a chronic medical condition that makes him sensitive to changes in temperature, instead of fleeing.
On June 12, the deputy was traveling with the inmates from an air conditioned building to a particularly hot and humid work site, where he started hyperventilating and then passed out.
The inmates immediately took action.
While one used the deputy's phone to call 911, others removed his bulletproof vest and gun belt so he could breathe better. They prepared to provide CPR, but the deputy never stopped breathing, the sheriff said.
"As we watched the horrific man hunt this week of the two inmates that killed two correctional officers and were captured last night, we all know that Monday could have ended differently for our officer," the sheriff's office said on Facebook after the incident.
Inmates in a county jail typically earn two days time for each day served. Those who volunteer for work detail can earn three days for every one, and those on good behavior can earn up to four.

The deputy has been cleared by a doctor and returned to work, Moats said.

Sheriff to shorten sentences for inmates who rescued fallen deputy - CNN.com

I read about this.... This is the right thing to do. They might be in jail, but they proved they are in fact good people.

good move ... some of them will be rehabilitated...

hope they never return. just because you go to jail does not mean you are heartless

people make mistakes, people are not mistakes.

Very refreshing.

:winkwink:

Nice jail garb -- looks 1920's chain gang.
I am going to guess that that Sheriff's Deputy was liked and not despised by those inmates -- paid off for everyone involved.

It's Polk country.. likely one of the most back woods places in FL.. When you hear "FL man shit" it's 90% chance it will be from Polk or Ybor county. If those 2 places suddenly disappeared from FL, the state might be considered normal..

It's Polk County Georgia -- that's probably just as bad or worse

Oh shit is it.. I just saw Polk County and assumed it must be FL.. The sheriff in the FL, Polk Country used to think he was Arizona sheriff Joe Arpaio's twin brother.. He was trying to do the tent camps and all that shit at one time and was always trying to be in the news. He was the sheriff that was trying to prosecute porn sites for obscenity at one point back in the early 2000's.. So I just assumed it must of been FL after seeing the striped suits.. :1orglaugh

But yeah pretty much the whole state of GA is like Polk county FL.. :1orglaugh