An inmate used an e-cigarette battery and some toilet paper to set his jail cell aflame Friday, according to the Carroll ...

A man who escaped from a Georgia jail in December, kidnapped a Lyft driver and forcibly took her to South Florida has been convicted at trial of four federal charges.

The detention center was placed on lockdown during the incident.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Authorities in Georgia asked for the public's assistance on Monday, Feb. 9, after two inmates facing violent crime charges escaped ...

ATLANTA (AP) — Three inmates who escaped from a jail east of Atlanta, including one who was being held on a murder charge, used jail phones to call friends on the outside who met them and arranged a ...

Officials are investigating after a man was found unresponsive on Wednesday in his cell at the Troup County Jail.

The cause of death is unknown at this time.

GDC confirms four total inmate deaths at facility in February ...

Two inmates facing charges that include murder escaped from a Georgia jail Sunday night. Ricky Martin, 20, and Kentravious Holmes, 21, were detained at the Sumter County Jail in Americus, Georgia, ...

WASHINGTON COUNTY, Ga. — Two days after a deadly riot at Washington State Prison left three men dead and more than a dozen injured, two former Georgia inmates say the violence was not an isolated ...