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 ...

At the Georgian-Russian border, many Ukrainians deported by Russian authorities are stuck in harsh conditions.

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

Inmate Corey July was fatally stabbed at Hancock State Prison after an argument; his death is under investigation by Georgia Department of Corrections.

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

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

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

CHEROKEE COUNTY, N.C. — A North Carolina sheriff’s detention officer has died after being shot by an inmate trying to escape ...

A Forsyth, Georgia, man who federal officials said was a high-ranking member of the Ghostface Gangsters gang was sentenced to ...

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.