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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Kelly Rissman

Family of Georgia worker killed in prison breaks silence after learning of death from inmates with smuggled phones

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The mother of a prison worker at Georgia’s Smith State Prison discovered an inmate killed her daughter after another convict called her using a contraband phone.

Aramark employee Aureon Grace, 24, was working in the prison’s kitchen on June 16 when inmate Jaydrekus Hart fatally shot her, according to a statement from the Georgia Corrections Department. He then shot himself and was later pronounced dead at the hospital.

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