Prisoners have sentences cut for saving guard’s life

SIX prisoners in Georgia have had their sentences cut by a quarter as a thanks for coming to the aid of a prison guard who collapsed with a heart attack.

The men were working outdoors in Polk county, Georgia, when their guard collapsed. But instead of grabbing his gun or running off, they helped him.

One inmate used the guard’s phone to call 911 while the others removed the guard’s bullet-proof vest to cool him off, according to a Facebook post from the Polk county sheriff ’s office.

Greg Williams, one of the prisoners, said that the guard collapsed and stopped breathing. He said: “When he started breathing again, it was just real heavy and real fast. When that happened, in my opinion, it wasn’t about who is in jail and who wasn’t.

“It was about a man going down and we had to help him.”

The unnamed guard said he realised he was “in one of my hyperventilating spells” and he praised the inmates for coming to his rescue.

“None of my guys ran,” he said.

“None of them did anything they shouldn’t have done.”