Many of the defendants are accused of directing the operation from inside Georgia state prisons using contraband cell phones.

Subcommittee will send its recommendations on public safety spending to the full House Appropriations Committee to consider.

They say Deandre Moody was serving 20 years for armed robbery out of Columbia County with a maximum release date of June 2028 ...

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

Two inmates died on Thursday at the Hancock State Prison, according to a news release from the Georgia Department of ...

An inmate died on Tuesday at the Telfair State Prison, according to a news release from the Georgia Department of Corrections ...

Cyntavia Banks was promoted to Assistant Superintendent of Macon Transitional Center by the Georgia Department of Corrections ...

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 ...

Without a chance say goodbye after they were left in the dark about the circumstances surrounding his death-- the way they learned made the tragedy even worse.

The Georgia Department of Corrections confirmed to Channel 2 Action News that the rapper was released Friday morning.

President Donald Trump signs executive order for mass deportation to ensue, while dissolving previous ban on private prisons.