The inmate was serving a life sentence. Jason Kelce disagrees with Andy Reid after Kansas City Chiefs coach told to quit Simpsons star ‘vindicated’ more than 30 years after making cameo New ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

In its response, the Georgia Department of Corrections said it was “extremely disappointed” in the accusations. The Justice Department’s findings “reflect a fundamental misunderstanding of ...

The Georgia Department of Corrections has taken steps in recent years to address many of the problems by significantly bolstering employee compensation, increasing recruitment efforts and ...

ATLANTA – The board chairman of the Georgia Department of Corrections was among those killed in a plane crash in Wyoming late last week. Larry Haynie, his wife Melissa, and three members of an ...

CHEATHAM COUNTY, Tenn. (WKRN) — State and local authorities are investigating how a convicted felon ended up with a Tennessee Department of Correction (DOC) badge and stolen handgun. It all ...

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.

GLENNVILLE, Ga. (WALB) - The Georgia Department of Corrections provided an update on a murder-suicide at Smith State Prison over the weekend. During the investigation, it was discovered that a ...

Sgt. Michael Bourhill’s off-color post shows a group photo of the Georgia Department of Corrections – most of who are black and some appear overweight, with the title, “Damn!!” ...