A Camden County corrections officer has been arrested and accused of aggravated assault against an inmate, according to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation.
Since November, four guards at the Camden County Detention Center have been arrested in connection with hitting inmates, and the News4JAX I-TEAM learned a fifth was fired about three weeks ago for inappropriately using force.
Civil rights attorney Harry Daniels held a press conference on Wednesday morning to address multiple incidents of violence at the Camden County Detention Center.
the big news is that state investors have arrested three of the officers shown in the video. joining me now is jarett hobbs s lawyer, harry daniels. harry, so happy to have you here. those officers arrested, each charged with one count of battery and one count of violation of public office. your response? thank you, katie. thanks for having us. this is exactly right. you can see it in the video. they are committing battery on mr. hobbs. it only took a matter of days once this video was released to make a decision for mr. hobbs writes. it was assault and battery. the officers were charged with assault and battery. you visited with your client on friday. he is still in custody. how is he doing? speak physically, he is doing better. he still has some physical
mr. hobbs was able to reach out to his fiancee. she called the naacp. they went to the jail to check on mr. hobbs to make sure nothing happened to mr. hobbs. we know that is not true. it was last week. it was last monday. prior to then, they came in. as you stated on the segment, mr. hobbs was charged with obstruction and felony assaults on the officers. he was subject to a federal probation. they looked at the video. they dismissed those targets because they knew mr. hobbs was not the one who assaulted. he was the one who was assaulted. for two and half months, the sheriff did nothing.