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Marquavious Knox, a 34-year-old state inmate at Riverbend Correctional Facility in Baldwin County, was found deceased in his cell on Aug. 10, according to Baldwin County Coroner Steve Chapple. An autopsy was performed at the Georgia Bureau of Investigation Crime Laboratory in Dry Branch, with preliminary findings still pending. Joan Heath, communications director for the …
Rodney Edward Smith, a 39-year-old inmate at Macon State Prison in Oglethorpe, Georgia, was extradited to Florida on Aug. 16 to face charges for an alleged hunting lease fraud scheme, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC). The FWC alleges Smith used smuggled cell phones and multiple online aliases to post fake …
A former Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC) cadet, Julius Deshawn Williams Jr., 29, was sentenced to 10 years in prison followed by five years of supervised release for smuggling methamphetamine into Dooly State Prison. Williams pleaded guilty in December to one count of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office …
A Hancock County jury convicted Vershaun Smith of malice murder for the June 2025 fatal stabbing of fellow Hancock State Prison inmate Corey July, according to Ocmulgee Judicial Circuit District Attorney T. Wright Barksdale III. Prosecutors said surveillance video showed Smith chasing July, cornering him at a locked gate, and stabbing him multiple times. Judge …
Authorities in Georgia are searching for 40-year-old Christopher Craig, who escaped from the Georgia Department of Corrections’ Augusta Transitional Center on Monday, Aug. 3, around 5 p.m. Craig was serving a six-year sentence for methamphetamine possession with intent to distribute in Lowndes County, according to the GDC. His record includes prior convictions for aggravated assault, …
The Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC) announced the installation of new ModCorr MaxMod modular housing units at four facilities and one modular Medical Intensive Infirmary (MII) unit at Johnson State Prison, adding a total of 524 beds. The project, announced at a ceremony on July 21st, is part of GDC’s broader effort to strengthen correctional …
The Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC) held a ribbon-cutting ceremony on July 21 for a new Medical Intensive Infirmary at Johnson State Prison, marking the completion of a statewide modular construction program. The initiative, developed with ModCorr, added 504 maximum-security beds across eight housing units at five GDC facilities and 20 medical beds in the …
The Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC) has stated that a viral TikTok video purportedly showing a flooded cell inside a state prison is fake. The video, which circulated on social media, prompted an official response from the GDC denying its authenticity. The department did not specify which facility the video was alleged to depict, but …
A new report from the advocacy group FWD.us estimates that having a loved one in prison or jail costs families across the U.S. nearly $350 billion annually, roughly four times the government’s operating costs for the system. On average, families spend about $4,000 per year on incarcerated relatives for phone calls, travel, and commissary items, …
A Baldwin County grand jury has indicted five men on unrelated sex crime charges, according to records filed in the Baldwin County Superior Court Clerk’s Office. Among the defendants, David Allen Barber faces one count of child molestation and one count of enticing a child for indecent purposes. In a case with a direct Georgia …