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

Commissioner Tyrone Oliver announced the promotion of Charles Mims, warden at Wilcox State Prison, to warden at Smith State Prison this week.

Charles Mims is appointed the new warden of Smith State Prison, bringing 18 years of experience within the Georgia Department ...

Robert Clark, 42, died at a hospital after an inmate attacked him at Smith State Prison, according to the Georgia Department of Corrections.

GLENNVILLE, Ga. (WTOC) - As claims and concerns continue to surround Smith State Prison, we took our questions to the commissioner of the Georgia Department of Corrections. The head of Georgia’s state ...

Smith State Prison in Glennville, GA, had more homicides than any other Georgia prisons in 2023. Sunday, a food service worker was fatally shot, the second employee to be slain at the prison in ...

The arrest of Smith State Prison’s warden likely surprised plenty of people around the state. But a prison employee said you would be shocked at the criminal operation running behind that fence and ...

Smith has had more homicides in 2023 than any other prison in Georgia’s system, with six inmates slain between March and August, according to an AJC review of GDOC mortality reports and state ...

GLENNVILLE, Ga. (WSAV) – Officials with Smith State Prison say an inmate died Sept. 13. 36-year-old Orlando Jordan, who was serving life without parole for murder out of Fulton County, died Friday.

Wednesday, Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC) Commissioner Tyrone Oliver announced the promotion of Charles Mims, Warden at Wilcox State Prison (SP), to Warden at Smith State Prison in Glennville ...