Smith State Prison in Glennville and the Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison in Jackson have new wardens.

According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, hundreds of prison guards in Georgia have been arrested on suspicion of smuggling contraband into prisons in the last five years.

A spokeswoman for the Department of Corrections confirmed to Channel 2’s Michael Seiden that Frantz was employed at Atlanta ...

A former Georgia Department of Corrections employee was arrested for attempting felony sexual assault and unauthorized ...

Gov. Brian Kemp on Thursday announced that Georgia Department of Corrections Commissioner Timothy Ward was leaving his position and would join the parole board after four years of running the ...

Gov. Brian Kemp and the Georgia Department of Corrections are asking lawmakers for $372 million to improve the states prison system.

A correctional officer was arrested at Smith State Prison on Tuesday for smuggling contraband to inmates, according to a ...

Lonnie Pritchett named Regional Operations Coordinator at Coffee Correctional Facility by Georgia Department of Corrections.

Charles Mims is appointed the new warden of Smith State Prison, bringing 18 years of experience within the Georgia Department ...

Georgia prison officials are “deliberately indifferent" to unchecked deadly violence, widespread drug use, extortion and sexual abuse at state lockups, according to the U.S. Justice Department.

The Georgia investigation follows similar investigations into conditions in Alabama and Mississippi prisons. The Georgia Department of Corrections now has 49 days to formally respond.