A Valdosta jury found a former prison corrections officer was fired in retaliation after he objected to being ordered to provide cellphones to a prison snitch as part of a sting operation to catch dirty guards—a scheme that ultimately got the inmate stabbed.
The jury only ruled that the state Department of Corrections violated Georgia’s whistleblower law. The amount of damages former corrections Captain Sherman Maine will receive will be decided during a bench trial.
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