Brian Kemp announced budget recommendations for the Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC).The recommendations come after Kemp commissioned a statewide assessment of the Georgia corrections system by ...

Gov. Brian Kemp is proposing a big burst of new spending on Georgia’s prisons. He wants to plan another new correctional ...

Department of Corrections Commissioner Tyrone Oliver is set to present his troubled agency’s budget request today during a joint hearing of some House and Senate budget subcom ...

Residents can once again rely on ATL311 for help in emergencies involving people experiencing mental health and substance abuse crises, after a monthslong battle between the city and ...

The Justice Department said it has reached an agreement to fix the jail’s “dehumanizing conditions” following multiple deaths ...

ATLANTA — TC Taylor stood on the stage and threw both of his arms straight up in the air. Then, the Jackson State football coach looked to his right and grabbed the silver Celebration Bowl trophy.

Four months in solitary confinement was the 36-year-old hairdresser's introduction to Iran's notorious Evin prison. The only people she saw were her interrogators. She thought that she would "die ...

A wealthy gay couple who repeatedly molested their adopted sons have been sentenced to 100 years in prison. Zachary and ... in an affluent suburb of Atlanta, Georgia, of the pair sexually abusing ...

In 2013, the 11th Circuit Court of Appeal in Atlanta upheld Troya and Sanchez ... was released from federal prison in 2019, records show.

Zachary and William Zulock received 100-year prison sentences without parole for multiple counts of child abuse and exploitation, ensuring they will remain incarcerated for life. Investigators ...