ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia prison officials have flagrantly ... Unit of the Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison in Jackson, about 50 miles south of Atlanta. The SMU houses some of the ...
In Georgia, that’s in part because many nonviolent offenders are no longer in prison. Oliver told lawmakers that three-quarters of the system’s 50,000 inmates were convicted of violent crimes.
Kim Jackson’s proposal to create ... but the families don’t believe them. The Georgia Bureau of Investigations handles autopsies in prison deaths but does not usually look into their cases.
WASHINGTON COUNTY, Ga. — A metro Atlanta man was arrested after deputies said he tried to deliver contraband to a Georgia State Prison. The investigation began on Dec. 28. deputies said they ...