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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

The Georgia Department of Corrections stopped reporting causes of death for people in its custody this spring, in response to requests from GPB and other media outlets. Advertisement.

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.

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 ...

ATLANTA — Georgia prison officials are “deliberately indifferent” to unchecked deadly violence, widespread drug use, extortion and sexual abuse in state lockups, the U.S. Justice Department ...