The mother of a prison worker who was shot and killed by an inmate says in a lawsuit that prison staff was warned of a gun in the facility.

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

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

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

The Georgia Department of Juvenile Justice held a graduation ceremony Friday for 43 newly trained cadets. The ceremony, which ...

A Black transgender woman is suing the Georgia Department of Corrections for failing to protect her from repeated sexual assaults — for a second time. The Center for Constitutional Rights and ...

A transgender woman sues the Georgia Department of Corrections over allegations of sexual assault by inmates and staff By Madeline Holcombe , CNN 4 minute read ...

Gov. Brian Kemp on Thursday announced that Georgia Department of Corrections Commissioner Timothy Ward was leaving his position and would join the parole board after four years of running the ...

A day after a food service employee was shot and killed at Georgia's Smith State Prison, Gov. Brian Kemp announced an in-depth assessment of the state's Department of Corrections system.

ATLANTA — A continuing investigation with the Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC) and the FBI's Safe Street Gang Task Force revealed an alleged multi-state criminal enterprise that sent ...

Meth, marijuana, alcohol and weapons were among 1,000 contraband items recently discovered by the Georgia Department of Corrections during shakedowns of five prisons in the state.

A correctional officer at a southeast Georgia prison was killed after he was assaulted with a "homemade weapon" by an inmate, state officials said Sunday. Robert Clark, 42, died at a hospital ...