According to the Georgia Department of Corrections, that's how 21-year-old Glenn McDowell plays the game. After a three-year stint at Hays State Prison in Trion, McDowell was set for release Saturday.

PRISON FACTS* $1 billion: The Georgia Department of Corrections annual budget* $49: Cost per day per inmate* 33: Prisons in Georgia, 13 of which are close, or maximum, security prisons* 56,000 ...

A Hays State Prison guard was arrested Tuesday after allegedly smuggling drugs to inmates, the Rome News-Tribune reported. Lakeshia Katersa Thomas, a 39-year-old lieutenant at the prison, is ...

A federal judge sentenced a former Hayes officer who smuggled meth and cellphones into Hays State Prison to over seven years in prison. Nicholas Grindle, 32, pleaded guilty in 2024 to conspiracy ...

At Hays State Prison in September, ... (Georgia Department of Corrections) made this a priority,” said Sarah Geraghty, senior attorney for the Southern Center for Human Rights.

Hays State Prison is south of Chattanooga at Trion, Ga. “These inmates allegedly smuggled drugs and other contraband into the prison, putting guards and fellow inmates in danger,” said Acting U.S.

A former prison officer has been sentenced for smuggling methamphetamine inside a Georgia state prison. ... Grindle smuggled meth into Hays State Prison for over a month in late 2023 and early 2024.