Ward v. State

On November 30, 2004, David Ward, an inmate at the Hamilton Work Release Center, was assigned to work at a facility operated by Gold Kist, Inc. A report was received at the Hamilton Work Release Center, advising the Department of Corrections ("DOC") that Ward had been fired from his job at Gold Kist because he had tested positive for alcohol while on the job. Later, Gold Kist personnel learned that while he was employed there, Ward had taken a vehicle from company property. In response to the report, Lt. Harold Boyett, a DOC officer, was dispatched to the Gold Kist facility, where he picked…