WRIGHTSVILLE, Ga. — The Georgia Department of Corrections is responding after a corrections officer at Johnson State Prison ...

While the guard isn't charged with beating the inmate, the arrest warrant says that she was "a party" to the crime.

CANTON, Ga. — A 29-year-old Canton man will spend more than 20 years in prison after being convicted of rape. The Cherokee ...

In addition to the squalor of the home, the couple restricted what their daughter could eat and padlocked the refrigerator to ...

A Georgia bill that would reduce sentences for those who could tie their crimes to domestic abuse is on its way to becoming law. Women nationwide are in prison for killing their abusive partners ...

The Council of Europe’s Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) has spotlighted serious concerns regarding prison conditions and psychiatric care ...

FILE - House Election Integrity Chairman Stan Gunter speaks about election bill SB 89 on Sine Die, the last day of the General Assembly at the Georgia State Capitol in Atlanta on Monday ...

Prosecutors accused her of stabbing him. “It happened so fast,” Favors, 58, told The Associated Press from prison in Georgia, later adding, “I felt my life was at risk.” Between 74% and 95 ...