Georgia’s prison system sees a spike in violent deaths and severe staffing shortages, prompting urgent calls for reform and funding to address the escalating crisis.

Macon State Prison is a high-security facility that houses more than 1,700 men in Oglethorpe, the county seat of Macon County, which has a population of 11,800. The GDC announced that Gregory Sampson, ...

HANCOCK COUNTY, Ga. — Two Hancock State Prison inmates are dead after two different fights, according to Hancock County Coroner Dontrelle Andrews. Andrews said that William Holeman, 34 ...

Two inmates died on Thursday at the Hancock State Prison, according to the Georgia Department of Corrections. The GDC confirmed Friday to Action News Jax’s Atlanta station, WSB-TV, that the ...

The GDC confirmed to Channel 2 Action News on Friday the altercation between the inmates occurred on Jan. 30 and said that it ...

HANCOCK COUNTY, GA — A deadly altercation at the state prison in Hancock County appears to be gang-related. Joan Heath with the Department of Corrections tells WSB Radio that one prisoner died ...

HANCOCK COUNTY, Ga. — Two inmates died on Thursday at the Hancock State Prison, according to the Georgia Department of Corrections. The GDC confirmed to Channel 2 Action News on Friday the ...

HANCOCK COUNTY, Ga. — Two inmates died on Thursday at the Hancock State Prison, according to the Georgia Department of Corrections. The GDC confirmed Friday to Action News Jax’s Atlanta ...

Two Hancock State Prison inmates are dead after two different ... The next of kin has been informed. The Georgia Department of Corrections said in a release that one was uninjured and died due ...