The legal agreement with the DOJ mandates jail upgrades, but leaves the deadlines to the implementation schedule.

States are moving in sharply different directions on the death penalty, with some looking to broaden when and how executions occur while others try to scale them back or end them entirely. Lawmakers ...

Federal prosecutors say the inmate was leading a massive drug trafficking and money laundering operation from his jail cell.

Federal agents say Georgia inmate Jarvis Matthews ran a drug ring from Calhoun State Prison using contraband phones and social media to traffic meth, heroin, and fentanyl across metro Atlanta.

Jarvis Matthews, an inmate serving a life sentence, was convicted of running a drug trafficking and money laundering operation from a Georgia state prison. He faces an additional 25 years in prison.

While serving a life without parole sentence, 46-year-old Jarvis Matthews used contraband cellphones to direct the distribution of drugs in and around Atlanta.

State investigators say a Georgia inmate died after officers used pepper spray while restraining him. The case will be ...

Matthews audaciously used contraband cell phones to run a drug trafficking operation from his state prison cell,” U.S.

A jury found suspended Lauderdale County Judge Gil Self guilty on multiple charges and not guilty on one charge, including ...

A man wanted for allegedly shooting at a deputy and leading authorities on a chase in DeKalb County has been arrested in ...

The DeKalb County Sheriff's Office said a man wanted after he reportedly shot at police and led them on a day-long manhunt ...