3 inmates dead, more than a dozen injured in Georgia prison fight

DAVISBORO, Ga. (TCN) — Three inmates were killed and more than a dozen others, including a corrections officer, were injured in a fight at a Georgia state prison on Jan. 11.

The fight began on an outdoor walkway at the medium-security Washington State Prison, WMGT reports. Georgia Department of Corrections announced that the inmates killed were Ahmod Hatcher, who was serving a 20-year sentence for aggravated assault; Jimmy Trammell, who was serving a 20-year sentence for first-degree burglary; and Teddy Jackson, who was serving a 10-year sentence for aggravated assault. 

The Associated Press reports an inmate recorded video footage of the fight and shared it with the Human and Civil Rights Coalition of Georgia, an advocacy group for the rights of prisoners, who then posted it to social media. The video reportedly shows about 20 inmates holding clubs and makeshift weapons running along an outdoor walkway. 

The group has reportedly shared videos of fights at the Washington State Prison, which has a capacity of 1,550, as recently as December, according to the AP.

WMGT reports the fight was gang-related and that 13 other inmates and a corrections officer were transported to area hospitals for treatment afterward while the facility remained on lockdown. The fight lasted approximately 90 minutes, and no visitors were harmed. The New York Post reports that the Washington County Sheriff’s Office was called in to help control the fight, and that they deployed non-lethal weapons.

WMUR reports that the Department of Justice previously conducted a civil rights investigation. In December 2024, they issued a report stating prison officials in Georgia are “deliberately indifferent” to violence, drug use, sexual abuse, and extortion at state facilities.