Parrish v. Akins

Pope, Presiding Judge.

On the morning of March 1, 1994, Henry Jones, a correctional officer for the Bulloch County Correctional Institute (BCCI), was in charge of supervising six inmates working at the courthouse annex in Statesboro. The six inmates, state prisoners being housed at BCCI, had been working under Officer Jones’ supervision at the annex for a week. Two of the inmates, Michael Jones and Paul Vickery, had worked without incident on Officer Jones’ work detail for six months prior to March 1. On that date, Michael Jones, Paul Vickery and two other inmates were assigned to clean…