There are no council seats up for re-election this year in Arcade, Braselton, Maysville and Nicholson. Post 3-Incumbent Willie Hughey. Post 5-Incumbent Guy Dean Benson. State ends probe of JCCI taping No wrongdoing found, but video of strip searches stopped The Georgia Department of Corrections has closed its investigation into videotapes made of strip searches at the Jackson County Correctional Institute. The department apparently found no wrongdoing on the part of warden Joe Dalton, but did tell him to stop videotaping inmate strip searches.
Federal guidelines allow strip searches for security reasons.
The Georgia Department of Correction guidelines call for searches to be conducted in a manner which will avoid unnecessary force, embarrassment or indignity to inmates. Inc. Bachtel's discussion was the prelude to a series of breakfasts planned for 2000 to delve into the obstacles and issues facing the county over the next decade. Delivered with wry humor, the data on population, economics, education and vital statistics presented a portrait of a county that must confront low wages, poverty, a lack of education, high rates of teen pregnancy and large numbers of unwed mothers - not exactly the kind of information a chamber of commerce would use to attract business and industry. Bachtel compared the data in each category to the corresponding number for Georgia. For example, he noted that from 1990 to 1998, Georgia's population grew by 18 percent.