"Fulton County Jail fails to adequately protect incarcerated people from the substantial risk of serious harm from violence, ...

With a contraband cellphone, Donald Jason Miles had orchestrated drug deals while serving a 30-year prison sentence for meth trafficking, federal prosecutors say.

Hiring and retention of employees are among the biggest challenges for Georgia's prison system, Department of Corrections ...

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - Georgia lawmakers are taking a deeper dive into funding options to reduce overcrowding, ...

Idaho man Robert Purbeck received a 10-year sentence for hacking and extortion, impacting over 132,000 people.

A Georgia man has been sentenced to prison time for his role in a scheme to steal from banks by cashing counterfeit checks.

A trial is set to get underway for a man accused of killing a Georgia nursing student earlier this year, in a case that fanned the immigration debate in the last election cycle ...

Georgia lawmakers are taking a deeper dive into funding options to reduce overcrowding, violence, and safety concerns within ...

A man who was reportedly knocked from his wheelchair during a fight and later killed his alleged attacker in an act of ...

In October, the U.S. Justice Department concluded that Georgia’s state prison system is unsafe. The conclusion was based on a study by the department’s Civil Rights Division.

The man accused of killing Augusta University nursing student Laken Riley waived his right to a jury trial – a move that came ...

Laken Riley murder suspect Jose Ibarra is "fast-tracking himself to life" in prison by choosing a bench trial over a jury ...