Yahoo

Georgia corrections officer killed by inmate with homemade weapon, officials say

A correctional officer at a southeast Georgia prison was killed after he was assaulted with a "homemade weapon" by an inmate, state officials said Sunday. Robert Clark, 42, died at a hospital after an ...
Yahoo

As corrections staffing in Georgia drops by nearly 25%, lawmakers create safety study committee

Georgia state senators voted unanimously to create a study committee aimed at researching and finding solutions to safety problems in state prisons. Lawmakers have spent years looking at how to ...

'Undermines our essential mission': Prison guard locks state welfare workers in their office building during tantrum over child support, deputies say

The underlying incident occurred late last week at the Georgia Department of Family and Child Services (DFCS) offices on ...
FOX 5 Atlanta

Georgia prison and corrections system assessment announced by Gov. Brian Kemp

ATLANTA - Gov. Brian P. Kemp, alongside the Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC), announced Monday the commencement of a thorough assessment of the state’s corrections system. This initiative seeks ...
CBS 6

Georgia corrections officer fatally attacked by inmate using homemade weapon: Officials

TATTNALL COUNTY, Ga. (WGXA) — A Georgia corrections officer is dead after an inmate attacked him. According to the Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC), Correctional Officer Robert Clark was ...

Central State Prison inmate hospitalized after fight with another inmate, Georgia Department of Corrections says

One inmate was taken to a local hospital for treatment of injuries that were not life threatening, according to the Georgia ...
WSB-TV

Head of Georgia’s corrections system says he will crack down on violence, corruption

ATLANTA — The man put in place to clean up Georgia’s corrections system is talking only with Channel 2 Action News about drugs, weapons, and corruption going on behind prison walls. Channel 2 ...
Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Georgia’s conservatives can help solve the state’s corrections crisis

On April 4, a man was stabbed and killed in Fulton County Jail. A few weeks before, a warden at Telfair State Prison was attacked and stabbed. Unfortunately, these recent cases are just two of many ...
Fox News

Georgia state senator, corrections commissioner among those leaving office at year's end

A south Georgia state senator is leaving his elected office for a state job while Georgia’s prison chief is stepping down. State Sen. Dean Burke, a Bainbridge Republican will step down from his Senate ...
FOX 5 Atlanta

Georgia DOC officer arrested for sexually assaulting inmate

HABERSHAM COUNTY, Ga. - A lieutenant from the Georgia Department of Corrections, stationed at Lee Arrendale State Prison in Alto, was arrested May 1. Russell Edwin Clark, a resident of Alto, faces ...
New York Post

NY correction officer shares ‘racist’ biscuits and gravy post about Georgia jail, sparking investigation

A veteran Westchester County corrections sergeant is under investigation for a “racist and offensive” social media post ridiculing Georgia jail guards, officials told The Post. Sgt. Michael Bourhill’s ...