“He was upset because they woke him up to search his cell.”



Georgia – In Carroll County, Georgia, a female detention officer was nearly murdered by a male inmate inside the Carroll County Jail on Sunday after she was thrown from the second story of the jail pod.

While the extent of the injuries sustained by the officer aren’t well detailed at this time, reports indicate that the officer was released from the hospital the day following the near fatal assault. Instances just like these reiterate the risks associated with working inside of a jail or prison every day.

The unidentified 20-year-old female officer is currently recovering from a serious head injury and also back trauma from the altercation that played out on Sunday. Investigators from the Carroll County Sheriff’s Office revealed that the officer was viciously attacked by 34-year-old inmate Patrick Gentry while performing a shakedown within the inmate’s cell.

After an exchange of hostile words between the officer and the inmate, Gentry threw the female officer off the second tier of the jail, where she struck her head and back during the 12-foot fall.

Ashley Hulsey of the Carroll County Sheriff’s Office is involved in the investigation and spoke with the local Fox News outlet about the attack.

“It was a volatile situation there for a couple minutes.”

What spawned the shakedown of Gentry’s cell was that he had apparently been hoarding netted laundry bags. The female officer had approached Gentry inside his cell and asked that the inmate relinquish the bags. At that point, Gentry became verbally aggressive toward the officer, as noted by Hulsey.