ATLANTA – State prisons chief Tyrone Oliver asked Georgia lawmakers Monday for $10.4 million to hire an additional 330 correctional officers during this fiscal year to staff a prisons system the U.S.

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

President Trump signed a bevy of new executive orders Monday evening that have the potential to significantly transform the ...

Taylor was sentenced to death in 2008 for fatally shooting Atlanta restaurant owner Guy ... is seen in an undated photograph taken at the U.S. Penitentiary in Terre Haute, Indiana.

President Donald Trump announced plans Wednesday to build a massive facility at Guantánamo Bay in Cuba to house deported ...

President Donald Trump signed an executive order reversing former President Joe Biden's ban on private prison contracts with the Justice Department. Along with this, Trump also signed an executive ...

A government memo aimed at implementing President Donald Trump’s order rolling back protections for transgender people has ...

Are there private prisons in the U.S.? Biden's executive order issued in Jan. 2021 directed the U.S. Department of Justice to phase-out its contracts with private prison companies, excluding ICE ...

Atlanta ranks 12th among U.S. cities for international tourism, attracting approximately 765,000 visitors annually, according to the International Trade Administration. Popular attractions include ...

the number of private detainment centers in the U.S. is expected to grow. Are there private prisons in the U.S.? Biden's executive order issued in Jan. 2021 directed the U.S. Department of Justice to ...

Two prisoners at Hancock State Prison died and another was seriously injured Thursday after an altercation among inmates, the Georgia Department of Corrections has confirmed. One of the prisoners was ...