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News, Public Safety December 16, 2025

Detainee dies in Cobb County jail

By Mark Woolsey The Cobb County Sheriff’s Office says a 57-yeare-old male detainee died while in custody Dec. 14 at the Cobb County Adult Detention Center. The Medical Examiner’s Office…

Cobb County Sheriff's Office September 4, 2025

Detainee search at Cobb jail unavailable due to systems maintenance

The Cobb County Sheriff’s Office announced that detainee search is unavailable due to systems maintenance, and that members of the public who need information on a detainee should phone (770)…

Government & Politics June 12, 2025

Cobb BOC approves emergency funds for Cobb jail HVAC

By Mark Woolsey An agenda item related to keeping a portion of the Cobb County Adult Detention Center cooled sparked some pointed words at this week’s Board of Commissioners meeting….

Justice April 24, 2025

In-custody death in Cobb County jail

The Cobb County Sheriff’s Office reported the death of a detainee in custody at the Cobb County Adult Detention Center. Bunnie Large, 42, died yesterday, April 22. According to the…

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News Brief December 24, 2024

Cobb Adult Detention Center detainee dies

Another detainee at the Cobb County Adult Detention Center has died. Sheriff Craig Owens stated in a news release that Clara Palmer was found unresponsive in her call Saturday night,…

Cobb County December 2, 2023

Another detainee dies at the Cobb County Adult Detention Center

According to a public information release from the Cobb County Sheriff’s Office, a detainee at the Cobb County Adult Detention Center (Cobb ADC), Jose Razo, died at 1:56 p.m. on…

Cobb County November 15, 2023

GBI denies Cobb Sheriff Office request to investigate inmate death because hospital indicates natural causes

Photo: Cobb County Courier/Larry Felton Johnson, CC BY 4.0 According to a spokesperson for the GBI, the bureau denied a request by the Cobb County Sheriff’s Office to investigate Monday’s…

Cobb County November 14, 2023

Detainee dies in custody at the Cobb County jail

Photo: Cobb County Courier/Larry Felton Johnson, CC BY 4.0 A detainee died in custody yesterday at the Cobb County Adult Detention Center. Randi Okray, a Senior Marketing and Public Relations…

Education May 26, 2023

GED testing comes to the Cobb County Adult Detention Center

The office of Cobb County Sheriff Craig Owens announced that the General Education Development (GED) test was administered to detainees at the Cobb County Adult Detention Center for the first…

Cobb County October 11, 2022

Power restored to Cobb jail after a 12-hour outage

Electrical power was restored to the Cobb County Adult Detention Center after an outage of just over 12 hours. There have been two short public information releases from Sgt. Jeremy…

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