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

Lakina Gay, a former Coweta County Department of Corrections employee, is accused of stealing from the prison commissary ...

On Saturday, Macon County coroner Eddie Hosley confirmed that a 40-year-old Macon State Prison inmate died earlier in the week. Here's what we currently know.

TELFAIR COUNTY, Ga. — The Georgia Department of Corrections is investigating after an inmate at Telfair State Prison was killed in a fight with another inmate, according to a release.

CHARLESTON -- State lawmakers have hit the brakes on the next step needed to green-light construction of a new 3,000-bed prison proposed for a Franklin County site.

Over the past 60 days, the Muscogee County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO) says they seized 37 firearms, more than $2.3 million in illegal drugs and executed 22 search warrants. The sheriff’s office says the ...

CHARLESTON — Discrepancies in preliminary reports of the water flow from two test wells drilled last week at the proposed Franklin County prison site aren’t a surprise to at least one state ...

A former Georgia sheriff's deputy has been sentenced to federal prison in the beating three years ago of a Black jail detainee who was punched repeatedly by guards who rushed into his cell.

CHARLESTON -- State lawmakers have hit the brakes on the next step needed to green-light construction of a 3,000-bed prison proposed for a Franklin County site.

Charlton County, located 10 miles from the Florida border and 274 miles […] The post Largest ICE Facility Planned at Georgia Private Prison With Deadly Record appeared first on Capital B News.

Petition requests investigation into Franklin County prison plans, says project ‘riddled with red flags’ Charleston area residents sign petition to get state panel involved August 3, 2025 by ...

SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — A former Georgia sheriff’s deputy has been sentenced to 16 months in federal prison for repeatedly punching a Black detainee whose beating by guards was recorded by a jai… ...