WASHINGTON – The Georgia Department of Corrections houses inmates in “horrific and unsafe conditions” in violation of the Constitution’s protection against cruel and unusual punishment, a Justice ...

In a blistering, just-released report years in the making, the federal Department of Justice describes Georgia’s prison system as anarchic and operating with little regard for the constitutional ...

ATLANTA - Two Georgia inmates have died in custody in the past week, the Department of Corrections confirmed. Phillips State Prison inmate Brandon Mincey, who was serving 10 years on a 2021 aggravated ...

Sheneca King was appointed Special Assistant to the Warden at the Special Management Unit, Georgia Department of Corrections, ...

A day after a food service employee was shot and killed at Georgia's Smith State Prison, Gov. Brian Kemp announced an in-depth assessment of the state's Department of Corrections system. The governor ...

Georgia prison officials are "deliberately indifferent" to unchecked deadly violence, widespread drug use, extortion and sexual abuse at state lockups, the U.S. Justice Department said Tuesday, ...

MACON COUNTY, Ga. — The Georgia Department of Corrections announced that a pair of people were arrested in an attempt to sneak contraband into the Macon State Prison, according to a release. According ...

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 ...

Carrie Proffitt protests in 2023 across from the Georgia Governor’s Mansion with photos of her son who took his own life in a Georgia Department of Corrections prison. Grant Blankenship GPB In a ...