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Georgia prisons remain understaffed and overwhelmed by violence and deaths, according to statistics presented to state lawmakers Wednesday. A total of 981 people have died in Georgia prisons since ...
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia prison officials have flagrantly violated a court order to reform conditions for prisoners in the state's most restrictive holding facility, showing “no desire or ...
Willie James Pye, 59, was convicted in the 1993 killing of an ex-girlfriend. He was executed at 11:03 p.m. at a state prison in Butts County, south of Atlanta, the state Department of Corrections ...
The Fulton County Jail, also referred to as Rice Street, [1] is a prison in Atlanta, Georgia. It was built to hold up to 1,125 prisoners in 1989 but now houses over 3,000. [ 2 ] The US Department of Justice found in 2024 that conditions in the jail were unconstitutionally "inhumane, violent and hazardous".
A state investigation into a sprawling contraband scheme inside the prison resulted in the arrest and firing of the prison's warden, Brian Adams, in February 2023. He was charged with racketeering ...
At USP Atlanta from 1910 to 1920 and from 1936 to 1946. Founder of the Morello crime family in New York City, convicted of counterfeiting in 1910; returned to prison in 1936 for racketeering; suspect in numerous Mafia-related murders. [2] [3] Jimmy Burke: Unlisted* Released from custody in 1978 after serving 6 years.
Hancock State Prison: Sparta: Close 1201 Adult males Hays State Prison: Trion: Close 1100 Adult males Helms Facility Atlanta: Special mission 67 Adult males & adult females Jimmy Autry State Prison: Pelham: Medium 1712 Adult males Johnson State Prison: Wrightsville: Medium 1612 Adult males Lee State Prison Leesburg: Medium 762 Adult males Long ...
A corrections officer at a south Georgia prison was killed Sunday after an inmate allegedly attacked him “from behind with a homemade weapon,” the state department of corrections announced in ...