Georgia’s prison system sees a spike in violent deaths and severe staffing shortages, prompting urgent calls for reform and funding to address the escalating crisis.

Macon State Prison is a high-security facility that houses more than 1,700 men in Oglethorpe, the county seat of Macon County, which has a population of 11,800. The GDC announced that Gregory Sampson, ...

They’re legal tools for cops to be able to arrest people ... “currently the only projected use of funds,” he said. Hancock County contracted Aroostook Mental Health Services to provide ...

In this legal roundup, learn about a bizarre Cleveland County situation, new guidance on airsoft guns and other updates from ...

Conflict has been brewing in Hancock County between the Sheriff's Office and the county commissioners over the proposed acquisition of a new K9 after one of their ...

HANCOCK CO., Miss. (WLOX) - The Hancock County Sheriff’s Office says a man wanted in connection to an aggravated assault ...

A man wanted in connection with the shooting of two people at a home in northern Hancock County last Friday has apparently ...

HANCOCK CO., Miss. (WLOX) - The Hancock County Sheriff’s Office says a man ... Following an investigation, arrest warrants for aggravated assault and aggravated assault domestic violence were ...

HANCOCK COUNTY, Ga. — Two Hancock State Prison inmates are dead after two different fights, according to Hancock County Coroner Dontrelle Andrews. Andrews said that William Holeman, 34 ...

HANCOCK COUNTY, Ga. — Two inmates died on Thursday at the Hancock State Prison, according to the Georgia Department of Corrections. The GDC confirmed Friday to Action News Jax’s Atlanta ...

Hancock voiced the request of $100,000 of the court’s opioid abatement funds per year for the first three years as it gains its footing in Laurel County. She said this is largely to provide ...

Charging information is obtained from Hancock County Jail. If you have questions about a charge listed here, call the sheriff’s department at 317-477-1147. Charging information is obtained from ...