Commissioner Tyrone Oliver told lawmakers the state’s prison population grew to more than 50,600 offenders by September 2025, ...

The Associated Press reported Wednesday that a judge declined to stop the execution of Stacey Humphreys, convicted of killing ...

Georgia prison leaders warn of severe staffing shortages and rising drone-delivered contraband, urging lawmakers to allow ...

ATLANTA - Gov. Brian P. Kemp, alongside the Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC), announced Monday the commencement of a thorough assessment of the state’s corrections system. This initiative seeks ...

Georgia state senators voted unanimously to create a study committee aimed at researching and finding solutions to safety problems in state prisons. Lawmakers have spent years looking at how to ...

Georgia leaders are advancing two major legal actions that could limit rights and health care access for transgender ...

A south Georgia state senator is leaving his elected office for a state job while Georgia’s prison chief is stepping down. State Sen. Dean Burke, a Bainbridge Republican will step down from his Senate ...

A Georgia corrections officer was allegedly caught smuggling almost $30,000 into a Georgia prison to an inmate she was romantically involved with. According to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, the ...

Julius Deshawn Williams Jr., 29, of Bonaire, pleaded guilty to one count of possession with intent to distribute ...

TATTNALL COUNTY, Ga. (WTOC/Gray News) - Officials say a correctional officer at a Georgia prison is dead after he was attacked by an inmate with a homemade weapon, WTOC reports. Correctional Officer ...

A former cadet at Dooly State Prison in Unadilla pleaded guilty after he was found trying to bring more than half a kilogram ...