In an innovative program at a jail in Athens, inmates face their past and are given more freedom. The goal? That they stop coming back.

A former Fulton County jail guard has been indicted on federal civil rights charges after prosecutors said she used her Taser abusively against three inmates and then lied to cover it up. Khadijah ...

Investigators discovered that significant quantities of meth were being funneled into Irwin County through a drug source ...

Richmond County Sheriff, Gino Brantley, is praising three inmates for “doing the right thing”. In a Facebook post, he ...

Authorities were contacted after two 3-week-old infants were taken to a Georgia hospital, suffering from suspicious injuries.

The GBI is investigating an inmate's death at Chatham County Jail; 45-year-old Adam Lewis Varnedoe found unresponsive and ...

Authorities in Georgia need your help finding a missing teenage girl. According to the Richmond County Sheriff's Office, ...

Georgia appellate judges ruled this week that a Bibb County Jail deputy was immune to claims of negligence from the family of ...

An inmate at the Bibb County Law Enforcement Center died Monday after being found unresponsive in his cell. Investigators say ...

A Bibb County Jail inmate was found dead in his cell Monday night, hours after a mental health evaluation determined he was stable. The sheriff’s office is investigating.

Former Georgia jail guard abused inmates with Taser and lied about it. A former Fulton County jail guard has been indicted on federal civil rights charges. By JEFF AMY Associated Press.