“This is a plea and cry for help. We, the prisoners at the Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison (GDCP) – Special Management Unit (SMU) in Jackson, Georgia constantly and daily are subjected to ...

Oppositional defiant disorder — the "bad kid" diagnosis — "greases the school-to-prison pipeline," a California psychiatrist ...

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

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

Under Georgia’s bill, if a judge determines that family violence, dating violence or child abuse contributed to a crime with a minimum sentence of life in prison, the judge would have to impose a ...

A correctional officer at Johnson State Prison has been arrested and fired after allegedly allowing inmates to be assaulted.

ATLANTA — A Georgia bill that would reduce sentences for those who could tie their crimes to domestic abuse is on its way to becoming law. Women nationwide are in prison for killing their ...

Prosecutors accused her of stabbing him. “It happened so fast,” Favors, 58, told The Associated Press from prison in Georgia, later adding, “I felt my life was at risk.” Between 74% and 95 ...

How a New Georgia Bill Could Change the Fate of Domestic Abuse Survivors in Prison ATLANTA (AP) — Mary Favors is still plagued by nightmares from the days her husband beat her, choked her and ...