Six New York prison workers have been indicted on charges of second-degree murder in the beating death of an incarcerated man ...

Authorities in Hancock County executed multiple search warrants on Wednesday, resulting in the seizure of fentanyl, crystal methamphetamine, and illegal firearm ...

Georgia’s prison system sees a spike in violent deaths and severe staffing shortages, prompting urgent calls for reform and ...

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, ...

The bill’s language mirrors model legislation from the Cicero Institute, a conservative Texas-based think tank that has ...

Highway 16 in Hancock County. A unanimous vote by the five-member PSC found the railroad was legally allowed to condemn the properties, one of which has been part of Blaine and Diane Smith’s 600-acre ...

PAXTON — Two men have been arrested in the Dec. 27 armed robbery ... Sampson is listed as an inmate in the Cook County Correctional Center. Dave Hinton is editor of The News-Gazette's Our ...

The Muskingum County Sheriff’s Office said Tuesday morning they arrested Wayne Pletcher and Sara Moore without incident, according to a social media post. As previously reported by News Center 7 ...

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 ...

MUSKINGUM COUNTY, Ohio (WTRF) — The Muskingum County Sheriff’s Office is searching for an inmate who escaped on Saturday. Authorities report that on February 1, at approximately 5:09 p.m., Wayne S.