A guard is recovering after he was stabbed in the neck over the weekend at a jail in Atlanta that is currently under a federal consent decree.
Fulton County Detention Officer Rico George was stabbed just after 11:30 a.m. Saturday by Bakari Stokes-Martin, who was being held without bond on a murder charge, according to a sheriff’s office news release.
The officer remained hospitalized Monday in stable condition after undergoing emergency surgery and was expected to recover.
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