Cobb County

Ross Harris moved to Georgia Diagnostic Prison

JACKSON, Ga. — We’re getting our first look at Ross Harris, 36, since he was moved to the Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison in Jackson.

Channel 2 Action News obtained Harris’ new booking photo from when he was processed into the jail early this week.

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Harris was sentenced to life without parole plus 34 years, after a jury found him guilty on eight counts: malice murder, two counts of felony murder, cruelty to children in the first degree, cruelty to children in the second degree, criminal attempt to commit a felony, to wit; sexual exploitation of children and two counts of dissemination of harmful material to minors.

Harris left his 22-month-old son, Cooper, inside his car for nearly seven hours outside his Cobb County office building in June 2014. The toddler died of hyperthermia.

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The Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison houses many of the state’s death-row inmates. According to the Georgia Department of Corrections, only immediate family members are allowed to visit inmates at the jail.

The jail consists of eight cellblocks containing both double-bunked and single-bunked cells. There are also eight dormitories, a fast-track unit housing 256 general-population inmates and a medical unit.

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