A Georgia prison guard locked people up for a living, but now he's accused of locking welfare workers in their building over ...

Deputies in a central Georgia county stopped a delivery of contraband items to a prison while performing a traffic stop.

The underlying incident occurred late last week at the Georgia Department of Family and Child Services (DFCS) offices on ...

KENNESAW, Ga. (AP) — A Georgia judge on Monday ordered a temporary pause to a December execution that was already put on hold ...

The escaped inmates from a DeKalb County, Georgia jail were arrested in Miami Tuesday morning. One of them has a violent ...

A Georgia prison guard was arrested after allegedly locking social workers inside a DFCS office while ranting about his child support payments.

On Saturday, Washington County deputies were tipped off to suspicious activity shortly after midnight and stopped a car leaving the area of the prison for traffic violations. Upon searching the ...

Bella Culley, a pregnant British teenager held in Georgia over drug smuggling charges, has been freed. The 19-year-old, from Billingham in Teesside, was awaiting sentencing after she was accused of ...

BARROW COUNTY, GA — Georgia’s gang prosecution unit has shut down a large prison gang operation in Barrow County. Officials say 16 gang members were convicted following an investigation into violent ...

Three inmates have escaped from a county jail east of Atlanta, including one charged with murder. The DeKalb County Sheriff's Office says the breakout happened early Monday morning at the DeKalb ...

A new documentary, “Breathe Freedom,” explores Wilson native John McNeil’s ordeal after shooting an attacker on his own property.

Abused dogs weren’t the only crimes. Inside the home, investigators said they found evidence that Dun Bradford used his ...