Note: This video is from previous coverage. We are working to produce an updated clip. DOUGHERTY COUNTY, Ga. (WALB) — Family members of a Dougherty County Jail inmate who died last month will gather outside the facility Friday evening, demanding answers about his death. The protest for Marquis Kentrell Barney will be held at 5 p.m. Friday, Aug. 14, according to family members. Barney was found unresponsive in his cell July 18 and was later pronounced dead at a local hospital. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) is leading the investigation into his death, according to jail officials. Family members say they are protesting for more updates on the investigation, including the cause of death, and whether precautions could have prevented it. Chief Deputy John Ostrander said the jail was aware the protest was planned and said staff would accommodate demonstrators. “If they want to protest, that’s their right,” Ostrander said. “We have an area that they can have to protest in. We’ll try to make sure they’re okay.” Ostrander said the jail launched an internal administrative review immediately following Barney’s death and was satisfied with how staff responded. “Within two to three minutes, we had medical staff in the cell performing CPR. Within six minutes, we also had oxygen in the room and an AED,” he said. “Seventeen minutes from the time the officer first saw it, EMS had been here, got him on a stretcher, and was leaving the pod.” He confirmed the cause of death has not…
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