TagLumpkin Georgia

Sunday Q&A: Julian Singer

By Frank Etheridge
In Sunday Q&A
March 28, 2021
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Executive Director, Historic Westville Was moving Westville from Stewart County to Columbus the right decision?“I think it was the right decision. I do. Although it was a very difficult decision, I certainly was not involved in that process  at that time. As a native of Stewart County, I have complicated feelings about it, due to the development of Westville in Lumpkin and the amount of time...

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A Rock and a Hard Place: Stuck Way Down in the Stewart County

By Frank Etheridge
In News, Uncategorized
August 11, 2018
17 Min Read
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When she reported for work each day at the Stewart County Detention Center, Latifa Craword recalls, “I didn’t know what to expect.” Hired as a case manager when the facility first opened in October 2006, Crawford was assigned to Level 4 detainees—”drug dealers, rapists, murderers, child molesters, and I didn’t feel safe. My working conditions were too “open” for a detention center.” Crawford then...

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