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Georgia prison officials in 'flagrant' violation of solitary confinement reforms, judge says
Associated Press via AOL· 5 days agoGeorgia prison officials have flagrantly violated a court order to reform conditions for prisoners...
Escaped Decatur ADOC facility inmate located in Georgia
WHNT Huntsville via Yahoo News· 3 days agoDECATUR, Ala. (WHNT) – The Alabama Department of Corrections says an inmate who escaped from a...
Federal judge finds Georgia prison officials in contempt over confinement practices
Macon Telegraph via Yahoo News· 3 days agoFive years ago, Georgia Corrections and plaintiffs agreed to terms to change those conditions. But...
Judge finds Georgia Department of Corrections in contempt, orders court monitor and sanctions
WSB Cox articles via Yahoo News· 5 days agoJudge of U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia, wrote in his order that not only...
Sheriff's office takes action to return unclaimed money if it's over $100
The US Sun· 13 hours agoA SHERIFF'S office in Texas is trying to find the rightful owners of nearly $8,000 in unclaimed...
Georgia prison guard kills inmate during hospital fight, GBI says
Atlanta Journal-Constitution· 4 days agoA state prisoner who was being treated at a Middle Georgia hospital was shot and killed Tuesday...
Black Death Row Inmates Are Most Vulnerable To Suffering Botched Executions, New Study Finds
Black America Web· 5 days agoMost of us know of the myriad of studies that show racial disparities exist in virtually all aspects...
Bipartisan bill would toughen contraband cell phone laws in federal prisons
WSB-TV 2 Atlanta· 6 days agoA new bill introduced by Georgia US Sen. Jon Ossoff would get tough on contraband cell phones in...
Georgia prison employees have aided prisoners’ criminal schemes - An AJC investigation
Atlanta Journal-Constitution· 6 days agoCorrectional officers are sometimes corrupt on Day One, recruited by gangs to take prison jobs. In other cases, employees are enticed or coerced, once they are in the company of prisoners, into ...
College students, inmates and a nun: A unique book club meets at one of the nation’s largest jails
Associated Press· 5 days agoEach week, the 22-year-old drives a van of her DePaul University peers to Cook County Jail to...