It found that the most deaths in those categories, 17, occurred at U.S. Penitentiary (USP) Atlanta, while USP Terre Haute and USP Hazelton were tied for second at 14 each. The data from the ...

Conditions at Atlanta's main prison ... largest incarcerated population in the United States with nearly 50,000 people behind bars in 34 state-operated prisons and four private prisons.

Three transgender women are asking for "emergency relief" to not be transferred to male prisons across the country, saying ...

Tyrone Oliver seeks $10.4 million to hire 330 correctional officers and improve staff-to-inmate ratios in Georgia's ...

In 2022, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution revealed conditions at Georgia's prisons that one U.S. senator called "tragic and wholly unacceptable." The mounting violence and criminal activities ...

U.S. Attorney Ryan Buchanan to step down ahead of Trump inauguration. During his tenure, the DOJ undertook high-profile investigations into the Fulton Jail and state prisons ...

State prisons chief Tyrone Oliver asked Georgia lawmakers Monday for $10.4 million to hire an additional 330 correctional ...

State prisons chief Tyrone Oliver asked Georgia lawmakers Monday for $10.4 million to hire an additional 330 correctional ...