Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The family of a dead Georgia state prisoner is expected to get $4 million in a settlement agreement after suing the Georgia ...

ALBANY, Ga. (WALB) - The Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC) is responding to a Department of Justice investigation (DOJ) that called out 17 Georgia prisons for having ‘unconstitutional’ ...

Three inmates were killed and a corrections officer and several other inmates were injured when a fight broke out Sunday at a state prison in Georgia, according to local police. The fight that started ...

At a budget presentation on Monday, members of the Georgia Department of Corrections told lawmakers that drone and contraband incidents were on the rise. In 2025, GDOC said they’ve already handled ...

ATLANTA (AP) — Fighting that broke out at a Georgia state prison over the weekend left three inmates dead and injured a corrections officer and 13 more inmates, the Georgia Department of Corrections ...

As state legislators work to craft complex and costly plans to fix Georgia’s troubled prison system, they may face an extra challenge: Conditions inside the wire appear to be getting even worse.

Carrie Teegardin is a reporter and part of the investigative team at The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. She is a graduate of Duke University and has won numerous national journalism awards. Danny ...

MACON, Ga. — An inmate at Central State Prison was injured after a fight with another inmate on Wednesday. The Georgia Department of Corrections said that two inmates were involved in a fight at the ...

Georgia Department of Corrections officials began laying the groundwork Wednesday for an infusion of state funding to beef up staffing, replace aging infrastructure, and improve inmate health care.

Gov. Brian Kemp and the Georgia Department of Corrections asked state lawmakers Tuesday for $372 million to improve a prison system the Justice Department criticized last fall in a scathing report.

TELFAIR COUNTY, Ga. — The Georgia Department of Corrections is investigating after an inmate at Telfair State Prison was killed in a fight with another inmate, according to a release. The release said ...

The staff member at Valdosta State Prison reported to have COVID-19 worked “in a security role,” according to a Georgia Department of Corrections statement. The GDC did not respond to whether the ...