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News Articles: Department Of Corrections

A Georgia Department of Corrections van parked outside Atrium Health at Navicent's emergency room in Macon on December 20. Two inmates from GDC's Central State Prison were declared dead from stab wounds within 48 hours of each other and after being treated at the hospital earlier in the month.

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Six people have died in Georgia state prisons in the past month. Data confirms troubling trends

According to data from the Department of Corrections, this has been its most violent year in state prisons since before the COVID-19 pandemic. Brian Randolph, executive director of the Human and Civil Rights Coalition of Georgia, discusses the findings. 

December 27, 2023
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  • Peter Biello and
  • Grant Blankenship
Evey Wilson Weatherbee (left) and Jessica Szilagyi are the hosts of the podcast "Prison Town."

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A new podcast looks at problems in Georgia's prison system by focusing on one troubled facility

A new podcast sheds light on problems in the Georgia Department of Corrections by looking closely at one facility: Smith State Prison in Tattnall County. 

May 10, 2023
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  • Peter Biello
Tattnall County Georgia prison

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Georgia prison warden charged with bribery, other counts

A Georgia prison warden has been arrested on charges stemming from a state investigation of corruption inside the penitentiary he supervised. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation says Brian Dennis Adams was charged Wednesday with bribery, conspiracy to violate Georgia's anti-racketeering law, making false statements and violating his oath of office.

February 10, 2023
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  • Associated Press
Georgia Department of Corrections Commissioner Timothy C. Ward, second from right, after the March meeting of the Board of Corrections in Forsyth.

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Federal investigators are asking the court to force transparency on Georgia prisons

The U.S. Department of Justice has asked a federal judge to force Georgia’s Department of Corrections to comply with a wide-ranging subpoena issued as part of the agency's investigation of Georgia prison conditions. 

April 05, 2022
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  • Grant Blankenship
Georgia Department of Corrections cadets and trainers before the 2010 ribbon cutting for the department's training facility and offices in Forsyth. A labor strike of the incarcerated would come about month later. GDC lost over 2,000 correctional officers in the following year.

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What's behind the understaffing at Georgia prisons? Ask the staff

Understaffing is acknowledged problem in Georgia prisons that's likely at the root of a lot of dysfunction. When did the staffing crisis start? And why?

January 24, 2022
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  • Grant Blankenship
Lawmakers listen to hearing about prison safety

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Witnesses Slam Georgia Prison System At Legislative Hearing

Thursday’s hearing came a week after the U.S. Justice Department announced it has opened an investigation into conditions inside Georgia’s prisons following complaints from civil rights groups and others who have expressed concerns about inmate safety.

September 24, 2021
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  • Dave Williams
Prison cell

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Justice Department Launches Probe Of Conditions In Georgia Prisons

The investigation was sparked by complaints from civil rights groups and others who have expressed concerns about inmate safety. At least 26 prisoners died in Georgia prisons by confirmed or suspected homicide last year, and 18 have died so far in 2021.

September 15, 2021
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  • Dave Williams
Prison cell

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NAACP Files Lawsuit Over COVID-19 Outbreak At Georgia Prison

The Georgia NAACP claims in a federal lawsuit that Georgia prison inmates are unreasonably exposed to COVID-19 because the staff does not follow safety protocols and provides inadequate testing and protective equipment for prisoners.

January 25, 2021
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  • Stanley Dunlap
Georgia State Prison in Reidsville

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COVID Races Through Some Georgia Prisons, Sickening Staff And Inmates

Reports of poor conditions and treatment of inmates inside some of Georgia’s prisons is a humanitarian crisis according to the Southern Center for Human Rights, which calls for a Department of Justice investigation as suicide rates rise and recent large-scale riots have broken out.

Inmates are locked in cells for days on end and sick inmates are not getting adequate care while quarantined, the inmate advocates allege. 

September 29, 2020
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  • Stanley Dunlap
The Georgia Department of Corrections released its first quarterly report of 2018 detailing contraband interdiction, which detailed nearly 10,000 confiscated items.

10,000 Contraband Items Found In Georgia Prisons This Year, Officials Say

The Georgia Department of Corrections released its first quarterly report of 2018 detailing contraband interdiction, which detailed nearly 10,000...

June 04, 2018
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  • Spencer McGuire

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