Georgia inmates ran a phone scam from inside prison, posing as police to extort sex offenders. Ohio prosecutors say the fraud ...

An independent monitor said significant understaffing is a serious problem at jails in Georgia's Fulton County, creating ...

Elga Harper's previous conviction and life sentence had been thrown out on a technicality. He subjected the victim, for whom ...

An inmate at the Columbia County Detention Center is facing new charges after allegedly assaulting a deputy jailer during a cell extraction.

Muscogee County Coroner Buddy Bryan has released the identity of a man pronounced dead at an abandoned warehouse in Columbus.

Fulton County's commissioners are embarking on a long-range plan to improve its troubled jail and build a new facility to ...