--- description: A Georgia mother who locked her starving daughter in a chicken coop for weeks has been sentenced to 190 years in prison. title: Georgia Mother Sentenced After Locking Child in Chicken Coop image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Georgia Mother Gets 190 Years in Prison For Locking Child in Chicken Coop  by [Melissa Chan](/author/melissa-chan/)  ## Melissa Chan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 11, 2015 1:15 AM CUT  by [Melissa Chan](/author/melissa-chan/)  ## Melissa Chan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 11, 2015 1:15 AM CUT A Georgia mother who [locked her adopted daughter in a chicken coop](http://www.macon.com/news/local/article48604735.html "undefined") for weeks has been sentenced to 190 years in prison. Diana Franklin showed no remorse as a judge handed down the lengthy sentence Tuesday on convictions of false imprisonment and child cruelty, [_The Ledger-Enquirer_ reported](http://www.macon.com/news/local/article48604735.html "undefined"). Authorities said she kept her daughter in a chicken coop, outhouse, garage and a closet for weeks at a time with little to no food or water as punishment for disobeying her. Franklin had also been accused of beating the girl with a belt buckle, tying her to a tree by her neck and shocking her with electric dog collars, _The Ledger-Enquirer_ reported. “You’ll actually get better treatment in prison than you gave your own daughter,” Superior Court Judge Bobby Peters told her during the sentencing, according to the newspaper. \[[_Ledger-Enquirer_](http://www.macon.com/news/local/article48604735.html "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4145402/chicken-coop-child-sentence/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4145402/chicken-coop-child-sentence/"},"headline":"Georgia Mother Gets 190 Years in Prison For Locking Child in Chicken Coop","datePublished":"2015-12-11T01:15:35.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-31T08:57:43.146Z","description":"She showed no remorse in court","url":"https://time.com/4145402/chicken-coop-child-sentence/","keywords":["Crime"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Chan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-chan/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4145402/chicken-coop-child-sentence/","name":"Georgia Mother Gets 190 Years in Prison For Locking Child in Chicken Coop"}}]}] ```