Hoodline

Sheneca King Appointed as New Special Assistant to the Warden at Georgia's Special Management Unit

Sheneca King was appointed Special Assistant to the Warden at the Special Management Unit, Georgia Department of Corrections, ...
Yahoo

Georgia prisons 'horrific and unsafe' with homicides rampant: Justice Department

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 ...
walb

WALB Investigates: Georgia Dept. of Corrections responds to DOJ prisons report

ALBANY, Ga. (WALB) - The Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC) is responding to a Department of Justice investigation (DOJ) that called out 17 Georgia prisons for having ‘unconstitutional’ ...

Ga. lawmakers look to improve health, safety in state-run prisons

State lawmakers are looking for ways to prioritize health and safety in state-run prisons after a federal inquiry found the ...
WTOC-TV

Justice Department finds unconstitutional conditions in Ga. prisons

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 ...
Morningstar

NaphCare Launches Specialized EHR Solution for Georgia Department of Corrections

NaphCare and the Georgia Department of Corrections successfully implemented TechCare 5.0 EHR to serve incarcerated populations and enhance patient care in one of the top five largest state prison ...
FOX 5 Atlanta

Justice Department finds Georgia is ‘deliberately indifferent’ to unchecked abuses at its prisons

Georgia prison officials are "deliberately indifferent" to unchecked deadly violence, widespread drug use, extortion and sexual abuse at state lockups, the U.S. Justice Department said Tuesday, ...
Savannah Morning News

Georgia state prisons chief seeking $372M for safety upgrades

Gov. Brian Kemp and the Georgia Department of Corrections asked state lawmakers Tuesday for $372 million to improve a prison system the Justice Department criticized last fall in a scathing report.
Black Enterprise

Department Of Justice Found That Georgia Violates Inmates Rights

Georgia correctional facilities, once again, show lack of concern for inmate safety. The Department of Justice completed a years-long investigation into Georgia correctional facilities. The DOJ found ...

Crews called to warehouse fire near the Georgia Department of Corrections

T he DeKalb County Fire Department is responding to a fire at a building near the Georgia Department of Corrections on Wednesday morning. According to fire officials, firefighters were called to a ...
WMAZ

2 Georgia Department of Corrections officers charged with sexual assault

DOUGLASVILLE, Ga. — Two Georgia Department of Corrections employees are facing sexual assault charges. Douglasville Police stated that 32-year-old Matthew Posey and 23-year-old Raymond Mills committed ...