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 ...

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 ...

At one facility, the body of an inmate, possibly strangled in his cell, was so decomposed that the coroner concluded he had been dead for two days without being discovered. By Glenn Thrush Reporting ...

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 ...

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.

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.

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 ...

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 ...