The U.S. Department of Justice announced 13 people were sentenced after being convicted for their roles in a methamphetamine ...

The Georgia House of Representatives passed a 2027 fiscal year budget that includes $60 million for school literacy programs and $101 million more than last year ...

A Georgia truck driver was sentenced to six years in prison Thursday after he pleaded guilty to charges stemming from the ...

Dorie Trimez Wilson faces felony charges for the sexual assault and strangulation of two dogs at Atlantic Station.

DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. - Former DeKalb County Sheriff Sidney Dorsey has died at age 86 while serving a life sentence for the ...

Including the two deaths on Feb. 26, four inmates died at Coastal State Prison in February. Inmates Malik Ortiz and DeJarvis ...

Former DeKalb County Sheriff Sidney Dorsey has died at age 86 while serving a life sentence for ordering the 2000 killing of Sheriff-elect Derwin Brown.

Georgia’s child welfare agency spiraled into crisis amid an $85.7 million shortfall and although lawmakers voted to fill it, ...

SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC) - A second inmate died at Coastal State Prison in the span of one week, WTOC has confirmed. According to ...

They are all charged with aggravated sexual battery, false imprisonment and unlawful acts of violence in a penal institution.

Civil rights attorney Ben Crump stood alongside attorney Liza Park and a grieving mother Thursday to demand accountability in the death of 21-year-old Je'vion Benham inside a Georgia state prison.

THOMASVILLE, Ga. (WALB) - The family of Willie Andrew Willis Jr. is still searching for answers one year after he suffered catastrophic injuries and died while incarcerated at Calhoun State Prison.