The convicted felon had been out of prison for just four days before he was arrested for firing shots in his Atlanta motel ...

If Gov. Kemp's proposed state budget passes, hundreds of millions of dollars would go towards improving Georgia's prison ...

Gov. Brian Kemp's plans for 2025 include hiring hundreds of new correctional officers and launching an extensive renovation program of Georgia's prisons.

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

WASHINGTON COUNTY, Ga. — A metro Atlanta man was arrested after deputies said he tried to deliver contraband to a Georgia ...

WASHINGTON COUNTY, Ga. - A 26-year-old Fairburn man was arrested early on Dec. 28 after attempting to deliver contraband to Washington State Prison, according to Washington County Sheriff's Office.

The recommendations come after Kemp commissioned a statewide assessment of the Georgia corrections system by the consulting firm Guidehouse Inc.

Thousands of prisoners should be moved to open prisons to tackle overcrowding and help prepare inmates for release, a former justice secretary has said. David Gauke, who has been commissioned by ...

Former Syrian President Bashar Assad's brutal regime of imprisonment and torture is on full display this week as victorious rebels dig through the dictator's now-liberated political prisons.

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 ...

Peter Thomas, formerly of The Real Housewives of Atlanta, has pled guilty to tax fraud, according to People, and has been sentenced to 18 months in prison. The ex-husband of former Real Housewife ...

Peter Thomas, former husband of “The Real Housewives of Atlanta” castmate Cynthia Bailey, has been sentenced to 18 months in federal prison for evading $2.5 million in taxes. Thomas was ...