The whistleblower, Dawn Wooten, a nurse, also said the facility was not following federal guidelines to contain the coronavirus, such as providing masks and instituting social-distancing protocols. Ultimately, 146 detainees at Irwin tested positive for the virus. (An executive with LaSalle Corrections, which runs the detention center, said the facility was “firmly committed to the health and welfare of our detained population.”)
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Dawn Wooten a nurse who worked at the Irwin County Detention Center in Ocilla, Georgia, filed a whistleblower complaint alleging the facility allowed women detainees to undergo unwanted gynecological procedures without consent. Wooten also said Irwin did not follow strict COVID-19 prevention protocols. (Jenni Girtman for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
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Dawn Wooten a nurse who worked at the Irwin County Detention Center in Ocilla, Georgia, filed a whistleblower complaint alleging the facility allowed women detainees to undergo unwanted gynecological procedures without consent. Wooten also said Irwin did not follow strict COVID-19 prevention protocols. (Jenni Girtman for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Credit: Jenni Girtman
Credit: Jenni Girtman
The film unfolds mostly through interviews with detainees, which Wessler conducted over the detention center’s video-phone system. The footage from these calls includes ambient sound and video from the detention center’s common area. At one point, a detainee pointed out a passing guard who was unmasked. A television set played constantly in the background, often showing Spanish-language news programs. Wessler lingers on a campaign commercial in which former U.S. Sen. David Perdue extolled the “individual liberty for our children” that “the rest of the world envies.”
“I was starting to see what normal life (in the facility) looks like,” Wessler said. “Inside the cell block, people were seeing the same TV that I was.”
Much of the film centers on two detainees whose experiences at Irwin inspired them to become immigrant-rights activists.
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Nilson Barahona-Marriaga, a native of Honduras, had been detained after he was charged with driving under the influence and faced the possibility of deportation.
“My father is a citizen,” he told Wessler. “My wife is a citizen. My son has been born here. My mom is a legal resident. I’ve been here almost 20 years. So what is the point of ICE having me here for?”
When Barahona helped lead a hunger strike to protest the lack of protections from COVID-19, guards placed him in an isolation cell for 14 days. Andrea Manrique, a Colombian national, received a similar punishment for leading protests by women detainees.
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Manrique came to the United States on a tourist visa and told immigration agents she was seeking asylum because she feared violence in her home country.
“I thought this country was going to protect me,” she told Wessler.
Instead, she spent almost two years in detention, mostly at Irwin. Barahona was detained about eight months. ICE released both on the same day in November 2020, without explanation. Barahona has since applied for permanent resident status, and Manrique’s asylum application is pending. Both now advocate for other detainees seeking release.
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A protester holds a sign saying “Not Fit for Humans” during a demonstration in September 2020 outside the Irwin County Detention Center in Ocilla, Georgia. (John Arthur Brown/Zuma Press/TNS)
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A protester holds a sign saying “Not Fit for Humans” during a demonstration in September 2020 outside the Irwin County Detention Center in Ocilla, Georgia. (John Arthur Brown/Zuma Press/TNS)
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Before Wessler completed the film, federal immigration officials canceled a contract with Irwin, transferring the remaining detainees to other facilities. The number of detainees in ICE custody dropped under former President Donald Trump as migrants were turned away at the border. More asylum seekers have entered the country since President Joe Biden took office, increasing the census at many detention centers. More than 22,000 were being held in October, three-fourths of whom had no criminal record, according to data analyzed by the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse at Syracuse University.
“Detention,” Wessler said, “remains a centerpiece of how our immigration system runs.”
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A worker at the Chick-fil-A in Newton county just sent me these pictures of the damage from what he says was a tornado this evening. @wsbtv pic.twitter.com/asfh7wDV0r
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Damage in Newton County. Cars flipped in Chick-fil-A parking lot on Salem Bridge Road. @ajc @wsbtv pic.twitter.com/mBF795YSpa
— MathCatGA (@mathcatga) December 31, 2021nn”,”_id”:”https://twitter.com/mathcatga/status/1477050723351339020?s=20″,”additional_properties”:{“comments”:[],”_id”:1641047084145},”provider_name”:”Twitter”,”height”:null},”type”:”oembed_response”},{“_id”:”63AEEB44IFDDRFRIUZ5AHQSG7U”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1640998466245},”type”:”text”,”content”:”NWS released a video showing a funnel that formed over an intersection in Covington just before dusk Friday.”},{“subtype”:”twitter”,”referent”:{“referent_properties”:{“additional_properties”:{“comments”:[],”_id”:1641047084147}},”provider”:”https://publish.twitter.com/oembed?url=”,”service”:”oembed”,”id”:”https://twitter.com/NWSAtlanta/status/1477095134588293122″,”type”:”twitter”},”_id”:”K2Z242N2OJFUFE6DEN7LAIVGFQ”,”raw_oembed”:{“author_name”:”NWS Atlanta”,”cache_age”:”3153600000″,”provider_url”:”https://twitter.com”,”type”:”twitter”,”version”:”1.0″,”url”:”https://twitter.com/NWSAtlanta/status/1477095134588293122″,”author_url”:”https://twitter.com/NWSAtlanta”,”width”:550,”html”:”
Video sent to us as the tornado crosses the intersection of Salem and Brown Bridge Road in Newton County. #tornado #gawx pic.twitter.com/sf0YbnqAym
— NWS Atlanta (@NWSAtlanta) January 1, 2022nn”,”_id”:”https://twitter.com/NWSAtlanta/status/1477095134588293122″,”additional_properties”:{“comments”:[],”_id”:1641047084147},”provider_name”:”Twitter”,”height”:null},”type”:”oembed_response”},{“_id”:”UJSNYPZTXNEVJH6VZFSHXTTXEE”,”additional_properties”:{“comments”:[],”_id”:”QZXAR2QO55FHJMXMILH7DQ4QA4″},”type”:”interstitial_link”,”content”:”The Georgia counties reporting the most tornados”,”url”:”https://www.ajc.com/news/local-govt–politics/georgia-weather-which-counties-have-recorded-the-most-tornadoes/3oBJQDjd0MyKa4fvQxTLYP/”},{“_id”:”45EHPBEMEVC3ZHKOMRVCEDX3FQ”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1641046265588},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Powerful wind gusts swept through Villa Rica and uprooted several trees Friday, according to Channel 2. Emergency crews worked overnight touring Carroll County to remove fallen trees that were blocking roadways.”},{“_id”:”OJOLLSPDLBAAVCZACOJ7I34F4Q”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1640998466248},”type”:”text”,”content”:”The scary weather moved into metro Atlanta days after residents of Bainbridge in south Georgia reportedly witnessed tornado clouds moving through town, the city’s Public Safety department said. The storm uprooted a tree, caused roof and sign damage and destroyed a fence on Wednesday.”},{“_id”:”P6NG2KNGDNDSTHDPHOMS7FB6XI”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1640998466249},”type”:”text”,”content”:”The ominous sounding tornado sirens sounded about 6:20 p.m. from the Marietta Square but by 7 p.m. the storm had blown through and the only sounds were the Marietta First United Methodist Church bells tolling the hour – and New Year’s revelers celebrating the coming of 2022 with backyard fireworks.”},{“_id”:”GYX2QNLZZNHYTBXNA2AXI4BKVU”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1641043384365},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Channel 2 meteorologist Jennifer Lopez forecasts a wet, warm weekend, with thunderstorms both Saturday and Sunday. 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There is an 🟠 Enhanced Risk (3/5) 🟠 for severe storms on Saturday for portions of northwest GA. The primary hazards will be damaging wind gusts, a few brief tornadoes, and hail. IMPORTANT NOTE: the severe threat will persist overnight Saturday into Sunday. Stay alert! #gawx pic.twitter.com/zLMoyZ2IhH
— NWS Atlanta (@NWSAtlanta) December 31, 2021nn”,”_id”:”https://twitter.com/NWSAtlanta/status/1476899409799569409″,”additional_properties”:{“comments”:[],”_id”:1641045287827},”provider_name”:”Twitter”,”height”:null},”type”:”oembed_response”},{“_id”:”NUXDYBBCIZA27MESOEXEJF6GTQ”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1640989826134},”type”:”text”,”content”:”The National Weather Service reported Friday that there is a slight risk of strong to severe storms along the I-85 corridor within the metro area. The agency said the severe threat will persist overnight Saturday into Sunday.”},{“_id”:”DK6SJKQBQBAUDB2PTAJ7E5CV3E”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1640989826135},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Meanwhile, the metro area will have a high 74 degrees on Saturday. WSB-TV meteorologist Brian Monahan said on Twitter that this is the third warmest December on record in Atlanta, with records dating back to the late 1800s.”},{“_id”:”RNR22SX7KJDU3NH7FMCLBH5GM4″,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1640989826136},”type”:”text”,”content”:”That said, temperatures are expected to drop into the 60s on Sunday. Burns said a cold front is expected to move over Atlanta between 4 a.m. and 5 a.m. Sunday.”},{“_id”:”JHV4MXO2ZBD7TLBQY2VWNJIL2U”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1640989826137},”type”:”text”,”content”:”“It’s going to feel like January as we get into Sunday night into Monday morning,” he said.”},{“owner”:{“sponsored”:false,”id”:”ajc”},”address”:{},”syndication”:{},”caption”:”The projected high Saturday is 74 degrees, and rain is 90% likely.”,”source”:{“system”:”photo center”,”name”:”AJC”,”edit_url”:””,”source_type”:”staff”,”additional_properties”:{“editor”:”photo center”}},”taxonomy”:{“associated_tasks”:[]},”type”:”image”,”distributor”:{“mode”:”reference”,”reference_id”:”8aec2b8c-455c-4816-903d-79fc8fdf8019″},”version”:”0.10.3″,”url”:”https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/ajc/WOA7L7ZIUZBELCGEJZPIE5GYSE.jpg”,”licensable”:false,”alt_text”:””,”credits”:{“affiliation”:[],”by”:[{“name”:”Channel 2 Action News”,”type”:”author”,”byline”:”Channel 2 Action News”}]},”subtitle”:”WSB-TV’s 5-day forecast”,”width”:1920,”_id”:”WOA7L7ZIUZBELCGEJZPIE5GYSE”,”additional_properties”:{“fullSizeResizeUrl”:”/resizer/3hZBhepuQ71P6gNQKrDP9usiyME=/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-ajc/public/WOA7L7ZIUZBELCGEJZPIE5GYSE.jpg”,”owner”:”wilborn.nobles@ajc.com”,”comments”:[],”proxyUrl”:”/resizer/3hZBhepuQ71P6gNQKrDP9usiyME=/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-ajc/public/WOA7L7ZIUZBELCGEJZPIE5GYSE.jpg”,”originalUrl”:”https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/ajc/WOA7L7ZIUZBELCGEJZPIE5GYSE.jpg”,”published”:true,”resizeUrl”:”/resizer/3hZBhepuQ71P6gNQKrDP9usiyME=/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-ajc/public/WOA7L7ZIUZBELCGEJZPIE5GYSE.jpg”,”ingestionMethod”:”manual”,”thumbnailResizeUrl”:”/resizer/9t3THQ-XqYjgYQkKGTYhiOr6fmI=/300×0/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-ajc/public/WOA7L7ZIUZBELCGEJZPIE5GYSE.jpg”,”version”:0,”originalName”:”5day.jpg”,”mime_type”:”image/jpeg”,”restricted”:false,”template_id”:594,”galleries”:[],”_id”:”STGKEAXE45BWVH7J3ET4HBUHMY”,”iptc_title”:”Channel 2 Action News”},”created_date”:”2021-12-31T21:42:01Z”,”last_updated_date”:”2021-12-31T21:42:01Z”,”height”:1080,”image_type”:”photograph”},{“_id”:”GFDFEAVZZFGLPK2EPUWBJIMF3U”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1640989826139},”type”:”text”,”content”:”In fact, the meteorologists said the cold front could potentially bring some snowfall into the region on Monday.”},{“_id”:”CXHU232UQJBOHD4TZVTZ6DFBXE”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1640989826140},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Burns said a European snow model indicates there will be a little wintry mix in the North Georgia mountains, where snow showers could at 1,500 feet or above.”},{“_id”:”P7BX4UUSSNA4RDG7EBZYQOFFHU”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1640989826141},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Even so, Burns said the area probably will not experience any accumulation of snow because the ground is too warm.”},{“_id”:”5XOAQOGCMJA43PCB25KUDIG5NU”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1640989826142},”type”:”text”,”content”:”“If that actually happens, there will be no accumulation because the ground temperatures have been so warm the last couple of weeks,” Burns said.”},{“subtype”:”facebook-post”,”referent”:{“referent_properties”:{“additional_properties”:{“comments”:[],”_id”:1641045287837}},”provider”:”https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post/oembed.json/?url=”,”service”:”oembed”,”id”:”https://www.facebook.com/glenn.burns.54/posts/469009251261292?__cft__[0]=AZWCwXE2YLYXfA3xG31AFfVt5i5Ek28ABYH-uFDjb4-WbUk5nWKA4GxG-Nt7uvMtXdfu7KPHXW8P9DzWQRIR9EPpgsevgj1rLzIvwsOOFpuXfSU0vJor-KvMMg-LSG2d1zklFVXf5pCsEAnyCe4zyi-Y&__tn__=%2CO%2CP-R&locale=en_US”,”type”:”facebook-post”},”_id”:”BKRTUG2EDNGLXOY4UKIHL7ETNU”,”raw_oembed”:{“author_name”:”Glenn Burns”,”author_url”:”https://www.facebook.com/glenn.burns.54″,”width”:552,”html”:”n
Things could change but this is our best estimate on the timing tomorrow night
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No corner of the state has been spared from the devastation of youth suicide in 2021.”},{“_id”:”6SVUYXKGXJFWDGSE7HD32HGUUE”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1639604268111},”type”:”text”,”content”:”At least 67 Georgians under the age of 18 have died of suicide as of November 2021, an increase from 55 in 2020, according to preliminary data obtained from the GBI. Still other cases may be added to the tally, as there is generally a lag in the data. The preliminary count represents a horrible milestone: the most youth suicides reported since the GBI began tracking them over the past decade.”},{“_id”:”DB634E3GDRHZNLELJAPIZLA2OA”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1639682477788},”type”:”text”,”content”:”In 2020, a feared surge in youth suicides didn’t materialize in Georgia, with the total actually down from 60 in 2019. 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Sims started a local support group for people who’ve lost someone to suicide because she couldn’t find such a meeting after losing her own 34-year-old son. It’s grown a lot, she said, and has been a resource for parents who’ve lost young children.”},{“_id”:”L467DNDHRZG4FF5FQHCS2MZ3UQ”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1639604268115},”type”:”text”,”content”:”“We’ve seen some children as young as 11 die by suicide here in Cherokee County,” Sims said. “You can’t even process that an 11-year-old would die by suicide.””},{“_id”:”JWINTO6QB5FLJN24LOKVOXALDQ”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1639604268116},”type”:”text”,”content”:”The GBI preliminary data shows most of the 2021 deaths have been children 15 to 17, with 47 in that group. Ages 10 to 14 saw 19 deaths by suicide, and one child whose exact age wasn’t released was between 5 and 9 years old. Sixty-three percent of the youths died by a firearm.”},{“_id”:”U4VJH4ACY5E2NBLIILBIDACNFQ”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1639682477794},”type”:”text”,”content”:”The GBI’s Child Fatality Review Unit tracks child deaths and works the Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities, along with myriad other partners, to prevent youth suicides through community meetings, training sessions and public service campaigns.”},{“_id”:”5RMO2IOLWVHE3ATZPMVRSFOEK4″,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1639604268117},”type”:”text”,”content”:”This year’s grim statistics come as Georgia lawmakers, various other officials and experts are drafting legislation intended to improve mental health care in the state. Georgia ranks dead last in the availability of mental health workers. The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry recommends communities have 47 psychiatrists per 100,000 children. Georgia has only eight.”},{“_id”:”CIMOUKM3YVDQRNGA6UY2FFJ7PY”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1639604268118},”type”:”text”,”content”:”“What I hear people say when they try to get help for mental health: It’s difficult. It’s difficult monetarily. It’s difficult to find the right help,” said Sims. “Kids, they don’t even know what to ask for.””},{“_id”:”3UYLR34XCRG4TC3DIYJT675FBM”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1639604268119},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Dr. David Purselle, an Atlanta psychiatrist who treats children at Georgia Psychiatric Consultants, said he has 800 patients and consequently had to stop taking new clients recently. “I think everybody has really filled up just because of the huge demand that’s come from the pandemic,” Purselle said.”},{“_id”:”EICB4JYFIVBFZO2A7LPO4YT664″,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1639604268120},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Purselle said youths have continued to struggle because of the upheaval they’ve faced since March 2020. They missed huge chunks of in-person school, which made it harder to connect with the support system schools are supposed to provide: friends, teachers, counselors, clubs, events. In normal times, the doctor noted, school employees often spot warning signs of mental illness or thoughts of suicide, but such symptoms can be harder to see virtually.”},{“_id”:”UJI6Z23U3JFLDBSALQYR5GQ64Y”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1639604268121},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Debbie Watson, youth program director at Athens suicide prevention nonprofit Nuci’s Space, noticed emotions running high during this year’s summer camp, higher than even in 2020. The organization offers support for musicians facing mental health struggles, including the youth summer program called “Survival Skills for the Creative Mind.””},{“_id”:”WZL5TZ2YNZCSBEHZKRFOQTSCAA”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1639604268122},”type”:”text”,”content”:”“We had kids who would leave the room crying, or just needed some extra time alone, just to kind of process all of these feelings that have been bottled up for over a year,” said Watson.”},{“_id”:”KSGXST34YVEKNFTQFHXHPOANAY”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1639604268123},”type”:”text”,”content”:”She hopes things will get easier for kids as a new normal takes hold.”},{“_id”:”HT2WVM5TDVHN3CCIVBGN4EPWHY”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1639604268124},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Purselle has the same hope for his patients and other children. In the meantime, he said parents, friends and others should watch for warning signs of depression, anxiety and suicidal thoughts: increased isolation, trouble sleeping, rising irritability, a drop off in performance at school.”},{“_id”:”KKCFCS2P6FGHDDCIRGON642EHE”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1639604268125},”type”:”text”,”content”:”“It’s really important,” he said.”},{“_id”:”E5PWXYZ4LJC2HGDXJLIXN2O73I”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1640019557164},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Data specialist Jennifer Peebles contributed research.”},{“_id”:”AOREOUXZCVHETNTZFIKTTB5SDQ”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1639604268126},”type”:”text”,”content”:”SEEKING HELP:”},{“_id”:”UP2VSQCSKFAQBFAS2YUDX2D6UU”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1639491932112},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Individuals with suicidal thoughts, or those who notice signs in others, can call the Georgia Crisis and Access Line at 1-800-715-4225, which is available around the clock. 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A few days before Christmas, Gov. Brian Kemp told reporters he would not institute any new measures to curb the spread of COVID-19.”},{“_id”:”WELTH6HL6VHS7DMLK4T7LDCC7M”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1640893488313},”type”:”text”,”content”:””I think from looking where we are, we’re still holding our own,” he said. On Wednesday, Kemp again declined to put in place new restrictions to mitigate the virus, but he announced the state would spend $100 million in federal relief funds to buttress hospital staffing and mobilize 200 National Guard troops to testing sites and hospitals.”},{“_id”:”FO5XMA52IZBZBGLVAX2HZ5G4UA”,”additional_properties”:{“comments”:[],”_id”:”L7XPMCZE25FCPPQS6EVHZIRPUI”},”type”:”interstitial_link”,”content”:”Kemp taps Guard, contract health workers as COVID-19 rages”,”url”:”https://www.ajc.com/news/atlanta-news/kemp-taps-guard-contract-health-workers-as-covid-19-rages/PGSLL4PCGJCQ3BRJ374LVVMJHQ/”},{“_id”:”6EEJM7PVLVEZPFFKNEV3D33QGI”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1640893038939},”type”:”text”,”content”:”On Thursday, Georgia set yet another daily record for new confirmed and probable coronavirus infections with more than 25,000, nearly double the worst day Georgia reported before omicron. It was the third day in a row of record-breaking daily infections, following reports of 13,670 cases Tuesday and 19,894 on Wednesday.”},{“_id”:”VJIW5GV7ANALPABRINUGVUZV34″,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1640893038940},”type”:”text”,”content”:”More infections lead to more hospitalizations and to more deaths. A Georgia Department of Public Health spokeswoman, citing data on omicron from South Africa and estimates by federal officials, said the state may not see the peak of the current wave for several weeks.”},{“_id”:”3MYU57CLSVABVJK4OYZ5FM5TJI”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1640897153245},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Hospitals in Ohio, Maryland and Washington, D.C., are also reporting record COVID-19 patient loads.”},{“_id”:”GF5IARZSP5GGFD4HOYKNTPCQPI”,”additional_properties”:{“comments”:[],”_id”:”OYN6L3VLLFGMVOGAZTI7ESF5NE”},”type”:”interstitial_link”,”content”:”How hospitals are dealing with the coronavirus pandemic”,”url”:”https://www.ajc.com/news/coronavirus-georgia-hospitals”},{“_id”:”ZLMX5AWTWZD6BPNRRCACW3SPQA”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1640897153246},”type”:”text”,”content”:””We don’t have to look very far to see where things are in other parts of the country that are a few weeks ahead of us,” said Dr. Harry J. Heiman, a clinical associate professor at the Georgia State University School of Public Health.”},{“_id”:”CITLVNTZCBAF5LYLVI2AME2TRI”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1640893038941},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Before noon Thursday, Grady Memorial Hospital was caring for 175 patients with COVID-19. The hospital’s previous daily pandemic high was in January when it cared for 162 on its main campus and more than 30 others at a field hospital. At midday, Grady, the state’s largest safety net facility, was diverting ambulances to other hospitals. So was Emory Hillandale Hospital in DeKalb County and University Hospital in Augusta.”},{“_id”:”P35Q4AUNHJGP3H2AXTZEUJ24DA”,”additional_properties”:{“comments”:[],”_id”:”KQEG5C276BBCLB2YJUOKQZZ3KY”},”type”:”interstitial_link”,”content”:”Georgia gets first shipments of Merck, Pfizer Covid pills”,”url”:”https://www.ajc.com/news/atlanta-news/georgia-gets-first-shipments-of-merck-pfizer-covid-pills/KVN7CXIVXZAPRNLXRDGJ4TQLTQ/”},{“_id”:”KV5KF7U4IBCPRGJ53MVDJVFE3M”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1640890774688},”type”:”text”,”content”:”About 87% of all hospital beds in Georgia were occupied at 3 p.m. Thursday, including 82% of intensive care beds.”},{“_id”:”SSC6PHU4TJHPVJJKGFCBGFSYWE”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1640884857018},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Hospital leaders said they were anxious for planned assistance from the state, though none expected it to be enough. Kemp said he will spend $100 million in American Rescue Plan Act funding to hire contract hospital staffing, enough for about 1,000 medical workers for 13 weeks.”},{“owner”:{“id”:”ajc”},”copyright”:”© 2021 Atlanta Journal-Constitution”,”address”:{“locality”:”Atlanta”,”region”:”Georgia”},”caption”:”File photo of Grady Hospital healthcare workers arrive for work. 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Coule said the system had 470 or more vacancies and is getting hit hard. “We’re seeing record Emergency Department volumes. We’re seeing record positivity rates in our testing. We have staff having breakthrough COVID infections (which is) worsening what was an already existing staffing problem.””},{“_id”:”CPP3DQEDCBDQXO4W26KKUEPRHQ”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1640890774691},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Leaders at six major metro Atlanta hospital systems, in a group statement late Wednesday, urged the public to help by getting vaccinated or taking a booster shot. The overwhelming majority of those with serious symptoms haven’t been vaccinated. The hospital officials also told residents who can’t find a COVID-19 test — which is a lot of people — to not come to an emergency room for a test if they don’t need hospital care.”},{“_id”:”GCKNQEQ2UZEDDBIIVSPDLQWKYY”,”additional_properties”:{“comments”:[],”_id”:”MJW6GA4RLZG5BLCTO3JAFYQU4Y”},”type”:”interstitial_link”,”content”:”Atlanta hospitals plead with public to do their part as COVID surges “,”url”:”https://www.ajc.com/news/atlanta-news/atlanta-hospitals-plead-with-public-to-do-their-part-as-covid-surges/YGC623HUQVCJ3CO4IQWGMXB2AA/”},{“_id”:”OA5DG252SVDW3IZD6QIUC4GHAE”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1640890774692},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Dr. Robert Jansen, chief medical officer of Grady Health System, said the omicron variant presents a perplexing challenge for health care workers. It spreads faster than previous variants, though at least early indications are that many patients generally have less severe symptoms. That doesn’t necessarily decrease the number of people who need to be in the hospital, as evidenced by Grady’s record-setting stats Thursday.”},{“_id”:”K2W2YAIABVFMHNFE2QYQEAR6PQ”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1640884857023},”type”:”text”,”content”:”“This is the math equation,” Jansen said. “The more people you have infected, the more likely you will have people require hospitalization, and a certain percentage of those will get really sick and require intensive care.”},{“owner”:{“id”:”ajc”},”address”:{“street_address”:”Downtown”,”locality”:” Atlanta”,”region”:”Ga”},”caption”:”It was a busy morning at Grady Memorial Hospital’s emergency department. Officials with the Georgia Department of Public Health stressed to the public that people should not seek COVID-19 tests at hospital emergency rooms unless they are experiencing severe COVID-19 symptoms.rThursday, December 30, 2021. 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If coronavirus patients flood emergency rooms and hospital beds, it strains hospitals already full of patients with other conditions.”},{“_id”:”7L4QCH7LTBD23LJAALAG2HOW4I”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1640884857030},”type”:”text”,”content”:”That can diminish the level of care for trauma patients or people who suffer heart attacks or strokes, putting lives at risk.”},{“_id”:”23S36POYSBEUVMSV3F3DMQRY74″,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1640884857031},”type”:”text”,”content”:”On a recent day, Grady saw a near-record of about 500 patients with various conditions turn up at its emergency room. That led to long waits for all patients.”},{“_id”:”DN42VI4LUFFF3MJKBU3IHYAY44″,”additional_properties”:{“comments”:[],”_id”:”AMDYZJXYJJCEDJ3QQ74NS4IAMY”},”type”:”interstitial_link”,”content”:”Complete coverage of COVID-19 in Georgia”,”url”:”https://www.ajc.com/news/coronavirus/”},{“_id”:”FHLZMFSVUJDDFEV4P5TJKRXWWQ”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1640891883463},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Olson, the Northside Forsyth emergency medical director, said the facility is not currently experiencing a significant increase in the number of COVID-19 patients needing to be admitted to the ICU. 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Dr. Stephen Thacker, associate chief medical officer, attributed that and the hospitals’ rising but still manageable COVID-19 caseload to the holiday season.”},{“_id”:”DAFZSXNMBFC3FF4JR7EELOALZU”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1640884857027},”type”:”text”,”content”:”If the number of staff members working drops low enough, hospitals are forced to treat fewer patients.”},{“_id”:”NARPSMW6GRATTOWUUB42HW23XU”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1640884857028},”type”:”text”,”content”:”“That’s not a sustainable solution either,” Thacker said. “So we’re pulling on every lever we can to get folks to work additional shifts, as well as bringing in part-time and traveling nurses.””},{“_id”:”X463GYJRJJHXLH6EXDGCLHGX7A”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1640891883470},”type”:”text”,”content”:”The toll on health care workers has been immense.”},{“_id”:”NDZ46LPSNFFCHEVDZTBLWYAH7M”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1640891883471},”type”:”text”,”content”:”“I have never seen such emotional stress on physicians, advanced practitioners, nurses, technicians, everyone,” said Olson. “I know every American has been feeling stress, and for health workers, it has been an extremely daunting couple years, and we just dig in and try to do the best we can.””},{“owner”:{“sponsored”:false,”id”:”ajc”},”copyright”:”2021 Atlanta Journal-Constitution”,”address”:{“locality”:”Atlanta”,”region”:”GA”},”caption”:”In this file photo from September, Dr. Jason Laney looks through charts at Jeff Davis Hospital in Hazlehurst. 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He was only a little chilly from being locked inside the back of his tractor-trailer for several hours until co-workers traced his location.”},{“_id”:”OS5F6Q6JK5BLFKEHUBXHMK3EBY”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1640888132954},”type”:”text”,”content”:”“They never harmed me other than zip ties,” the driver said. “They zip-tied my hands while they were throwing stuff off the (truck).””},{“_id”:”LJYWXBB2I5CMNC276BMTML6B44″,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1640896200125},”type”:”text”,”content”:”According to the police report, the suspect initially ordered the driver to merge onto I-285 heading northbound and told him to exit at Bolton Road. The driver told officers they wound up doing a big loop and ended up back near Donald Lee Hollowell Parkway, where the ambush originated. Eventually, the gunman ordered the driver to turn left on Maynard Road, onto the former grounds of Bankhead Courts, a public housing project demolished in 2011.”},{“_id”:”LUM4AKPB7FEYRIWWXWGB5BNHUI”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1640896200126},”type”:”text”,”content”:”That’s where the other two suspects were waiting at a gate, according to the driver.”},{“_id”:”FBT6GE5UWRHHRAGQUETOMIEHOM”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1640896200127},”type”:”text”,”content”:”The victim’s co-workers, who became suspicious when he did not make it to his delivery point in Macon, used GPS to track the abandoned 18-wheeler. After seeing packages strewn around the outside of the truck, UPS managers discovered the victim bound and locked inside the trailer cabin and called 911, according to police.”},{“_id”:”42TW5JDASRBGTLIZP5T6EJIHBU”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1640907610599},”type”:”text”,”content”:”In a statement, a UPS spokesperson said, “The safety of our employees is our highest priority and we’re thankful that our driver is safe, but we don’t comment on active investigations or share our security protocols.””},{“_id”:”737PH6LTG5CLTNV5X6P34PS6YQ”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1640896200128},”type”:”text”,”content”:”The driver told officers all three suspects wore dark clothes and he wasn’t able to provide descriptions of any of them, the police report states. 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New RW mom & calf were spotted off GA 12/26 by aerial survey team w/ @CMAquarium-mom ‘Tripelago’ is 26yo-this is her 5th known calf. Please give these whales space-500 yds is law-report marine life in trouble 877-WHALE-HELP. pic.twitter.com/m9E7hzA0lK
— NOAA Fish Southeast (@NOAAFish_SERO) December 27, 2021nn”,”_id”:”https://twitter.com/NOAAFish_SERO/status/1475507643871547394?s=20″,”additional_properties”:{“comments”:[],”_id”:1640787716202},”provider_name”:”Twitter”,”height”:null},”type”:”oembed_response”},{“_id”:”IRM6A7T3TRBQNIKTQQTQ3TOWGU”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1640725894635},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Last year, 19 new calves were spotted, an improvement from 2017 to 2020, when just 22 calves were identified. Still, George said that births are being outpaced by deaths.”},{“_id”:”ORWSNTMJGBCCFM6PALFZAVOHWY”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1640725894636},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Also contributing to concerns about the species’ future is the shortage of breeding females. Of the estimated 336 North Atlantic right whales, less than 100 are breeding females. And they are calving less frequently than they used to, Corkeron said.”},{“_id”:”JFXP7Y2XBNGDZLJR54WATHWRGY”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1640725894637},”type”:”text”,”content”:”“They’re mammals, so the females really matter much more than we males do,” Corkeron said.”},{“_id”:”GTYH3S4RQVDG3NYXBLYSX5LGBE”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1640725894638},”type”:”text”,”content”:”But George and Corkeron said there is reason for hope.”},{“_id”:”ZY6RMUGMPFDYXELGSWSTSVOPXQ”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1640725894639},”type”:”text”,”content”:”The whales have shown that they are resilient and can bounce back, if given the space to reproduce safely. It’s a matter of whether we, humans, are willing to protect them, Corkeron said.”},{“_id”:”SSXWF5ZOPFEANMVBBFZFPTBHKE”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1640725894640},”type”:”text”,”content”:”“It’s doable — We just have to stop killing them and wrapping them up in fishing rope,” he said.”},{“_id”:”JCVD47SMSJEDLPUAPBTT2PH2OU”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1639756134481},”type”:”text”,”content”:”
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🚨 A Levi’s Call (Georgia’s #AMBERAlert) has been issued for RACHEL ZECENA (age 6, Hispanic female) on behalf of the Cumming Police Department. (1/3) pic.twitter.com/NWsOFveaXw
— GA Bureau of Investigation (@GBI_GA) December 28, 2021nn”,”_id”:”https://twitter.com/GBI_GA/status/1475795887767044102″,”additional_properties”:{“comments”:[],”_id”:1640740307249},”provider_name”:”Twitter”,”height”:null},”type”:”oembed_response”},{“_id”:”B5MKDB7DMBCGDCHGY3W7VFDBZ4″,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1640688446720},”type”:”text”,”content”:”The child’s father, 55-year-old Alexis R. Zecena-Lopez, may have taken the two against their will after a previous domestic incident, authorities said. Police believe he may be armed.”},{“_id”:”UJUT7JR7O5FFVJZJUZEROGHHNY”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1640731453162},”type”:”text”,”content”:”According to Cumming police Chief David Marsh, Forsyth County sheriff’s deputies arrested Zecena-Lopez in August and charged him with rape and kidnapping in connection with an incident involving Parada-Olivas. 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Police gave Dubois commands to drop the gun, but he didn’t, the GBI said. Instead, he ran from officers, according to authorities.”},{“_id”:”TUQP45YLMJGPFDA5UWCGVZIM3U”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1640720127145},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Investigators say Dubois pointed his weapon at police during the chase and was shot by two officers. He was taken to a hospital, where he died. The officers were not injured.”},{“_id”:”5LYELTKIJBF37PN22DQ2LMB2JQ”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1640722915131},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Neither of the officers’ names were released. A Savannah police spokesperson said both were placed on administrative leave pending the outcome of the GBI investigation.”},{“_id”:”HRBTAWGXBNEQPDSXBF4OQH26NU”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1640722915132},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Savannah police will investigate the armed robbery while the GBI handles the shooting. 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