Coweta County inmate found unresponsive in cell with a bedsheet tied around his neck on April 18. Lifesaving efforts were made, but the inmate was pronounced dead at Newnan Piedmont Hospital.

WRIGHTSVILLE, Ga. — The Georgia Department of Corrections is responding after a corrections officer at Johnson State Prison ...

I-Team: Family sues Cobb County over inmate's beating Last month, the FOX 5 I-Team shared chilling video of a Cobb County inmate being punched and put in a chokehold while in custody. The sheriff ...

While the guard isn't charged with beating the inmate, the arrest warrant says that she was "a party" to the crime.

Last year, two 13-year-old boys were killed at a birthday party in Atlanta after inmates in a Georgia prison used contraband cell phones to order their murder. In 2024, Georgia authorities ...

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation was asked Tuesday to investigate the death of an inmate at the Athens-Clarke County Jail.