WASHINGTON COUNTY, Ga. — Two days after a deadly riot at Washington State Prison left three men dead and more than a dozen injured, two former Georgia inmates say the violence was not an isolated ...

Meanwhile, the Georgia Department of Corrections is clamoring for permission to ground unmanned aircraft - drones - which officials say are dropping drugs, cellphones and other contraband over prison ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A warning sign is posted outside Washington State Prison in Davisboro, Ga., Friday Aug. 12, 2022. (Grant Blankenship/Georgia ...

DAVISBORO, Ga. (AP) — Three inmates were killed and a corrections officer and several other inmates were injured when a fight broke out Sunday at a state prison in Georgia, according to local police.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. The news arrived in fragments. A young woman’s body, discovered in a Georgia prison cell. The family notified that she had already ...

Commissioner Tyrone Oliver, second from left, speaks during a 2023 meeting of the Georgia Board of Corrections. In 2025, Oliver says low numbers of officers and high numbers of contraband-laden drones ...

ATLANTA (AP) — Fighting that broke out at a Georgia state prison over the weekend left three inmates dead and injured a corrections officer and 13 more inmates, the Georgia Department of Corrections ...