Two inmates in the custody of the Georgia Department of Corrections have died within days of each other at the same facility.

MCRAE-HELENA, Ga. — Two inmates at the McRae Women's Facility are dead, both dying within two days of each other, according to the Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC). They said that Shannon Rush, ...

GEORGIA (WTOC) - The Department of Justice says the current state of Georgia’s prisons is unconstitutional. In a newly-released report, the federal government says the state fails to protect ...

WASHINGTON – The Georgia Department of Corrections houses inmates in “horrific and unsafe conditions” in violation of the Constitution’s protection against cruel and unusual punishment, a Justice ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In a blistering, just-released report years in the making, the federal Department of Justice describes Georgia’s prison system as ...

Carrie Teegardin is a reporter and part of the investigative team at The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. She is a graduate of Duke University and has won numerous national journalism awards. Danny ...

Three inmates were killed and a corrections officer and several other inmates were injured when a fight broke out Sunday at a state prison in Georgia, according to local police.The fight that started ...