WRIGHTSVILLE, Ga. — The Georgia Department of Corrections is responding after a corrections officer at Johnson State Prison ...

A correctional officer at Johnson State Prison has been arrested and fired after allegedly allowing inmates to be assaulted.

A recent report from the Justice Department calls the activity inside Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC) facilities “unconstitutional” ...

Over the years, law enforcement errors have allowed convicts and pre-trial detainees to walk free, with two such incidents happening in Clayton County in the past three years.

Joining the Richmond County Sheriff’s Office Detention Division in this effort were the Columbia County Sheriff’s Office, ...

Shontelle Mann, 38, of Stockbridge, was arrested for allegedly impersonating a prison inmate to send death ... to be coming from inside the Georgia Department of Corrections.

Dozens of homemade weapons and other contraband items were uncovered Thursday during a comprehensive search of the Charles B.

Richmond County Sheriff, Eugene Brantley, initiated a coordinated jail-wide contraband search Thursday in an ongoing effort to ensure the safety and well-being ...

Kathan Guzman was convicted last year of murdering his girlfriend, 19-year-old Dalia Grayson, and was sentenced to life in ...

Georgia House Democrats staged a walkout during the debate on Senate Bill 185, which bans gender-affirming care for state prison inmates ... the Georgia Department of Corrections from providing ...