Years after horrifying abuses and corruption in the Georgia state prison system began to come to light, Gov. Brian Kemp and the Georgia Legislature are taking action. On Tuesday, Kemp released his ...

Hundreds of incarcerated firefighters, who are trained to respond to emergencies and disasters, were reportedly deployed in ...

The Georgia Department of Corrections and Republican Gov. Brian Kemp unveiled a plan Tuesday to spend an additional $600 ...

The recommendations come after Kemp commissioned a statewide assessment of the Georgia corrections system by the consulting firm Guidehouse Inc. In a press release, his office indicates the investment ...

What happens at the Georgia state capitol in the coming months will have a lot to do with what happens in Georgia’s state ...

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

ATLANTA — On Tuesday, state lawmakers tried to gauge how much more taxpayer money it will take to make state prisons safer. Gov. Brian Kemp released a prison budget that his office says can change ...

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp is recommending an additional $372 million for the Department of Corrections, which includes a 4% pay ...

The US Justice Department has entered a court-enforceable agreement with Georgia’s Fulton County over jail conditions that federal investigators have described as inhumane, violent and unsanitary.

A man was arrested after an attempted contraband drop at Washington State Prison on Saturday, according to Washington County ...

From state employee embezzlement cases to a record number of homicides in Sioux Falls, 2024 has been a year packed with ...