Videos show Georgia prison guards waiting as 24-year-old commits suicide

This is surveillance video from inside the isolation-segregation unit at Smith State Prison on the night 24-year-old inmate Richard Tavera committed suicide in December 2014.

Surveillance videos of the suicide of a Georgia prison inmate show officers standing by as the 24-year-old commits suicide. The videos, obtained by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, show how the incident unfolded in real time and conflicts with accounts filed by prison officials.

Read the latest on the AJC's investigation at myAJC.com.