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All GDC facilities on lockdown after violent night

SAVANNAH, Ga. (WSAV) — All Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC) facilities are on lockdown after a violent night statewide, according to a GDC spokesperson.
LGBTQ Nation

Georgia is forcing trans inmates to de-transition. So the inmates are suing.

Trans prisoners in Georgia filed a lawsuit on Friday that they hope will turn back legislation denying them gender-affirming care. Signed by Gov. Brian Kemp in May and adopted by the Georgia ...
Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Smuggling cases at Georgia prison fizzle: Drugs were never tested

Suspects, including some prison employees, get to walk free after cases were dismissed at Calhoun State Prison In 2020, the Georgia Department of Corrections announced that two of its officers had ...
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Georgia Attorney General addresses contraband and violence inside prisons

GLENNVILLE, Ga. (WSAV) — A recent report from the Justice Department calls the activity inside Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC) facilities “unconstitutional”. Just last month, a drone, carrying ...
WMAZ

'They didn't protect my daughter' | Metro Atlanta mother wants answers after claiming family extorted, daughter found dead in prison

A Georgia mother is demanding answers after her 28-year-old daughter, a mother herself, serving a short prison sentence for shoplifting, was found dead at Lee Arrendale State Prison earlier this month ...