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TIL six inmates on a work detail in Georgia saved an unconscious deputy sheriff. Instead of escaping with his gun and the work truck, they dialed 911 on the deputy's phone instead. As appreciation, the sheriff's department threw a pizza party with homemade sweets for the men.

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