State prisons chief Tyrone Oliver asked Georgia lawmakers Monday for $10.4 million to hire an additional 330 correctional ...

Prisoners stand while being processed for intake at the Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison in Jackson, Ga, Dec. 1 ... “Public safety is the number one priority of state government, and that ...

Four of the five women are confirmed to have been inmates at Lee Arrendale State Prison in Alto, according to the Georgia ...

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.

VALDOSTA — An inmate was killed Sunday in an altercation at Valdosta State Prison. A statement from the Georgia Department of ...

Lawmakers rejected DeKalb County Democratic State Sen. Kim Jackson’s proposal to create an independent ... To have somebody answer their questions.” Georgia's prisons are failing to provide basic care ...

Tyrone Oliver seeks $10.4 million to hire 330 correctional officers and improve staff-to-inmate ratios in Georgia's ...