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A federal indictment unsealed June 24 charges 12 individuals in what prosecutors describe as the largest coordinated drone-smuggling prosecution to date, alleging they used six drones to drop contraband including methamphetamine, cell phones, and saw blades into ten federal prisons across eight states. The conspiracy, which ran from September 2023 to May 2026, targeted two …
An inmate at Wheeler Correctional Facility in Georgia was sentenced to 188 months in prison for his role in a drug trafficking conspiracy. Dequatte Tucker, 34, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute controlled substances, with much of the operation directed from inside Georgia state prisons using contraband cell phones. Two co-defendants, …
The Georgia Court of Appeals declined to hear an appeal from former Smith State Prison Warden Brian Adams and former correctional officer Ireon Moore in a wrongful death lawsuit, citing a lack of jurisdiction due to a procedural issue. The lawsuit, filed by the family of Bobby C. Kicklighter, alleges that Adams and Moore facilitated …
Share this Facebook Twitter Pinterest Whatsapp Reddit Email A Tattnall County grand jury indicted a former warden from Smith State Prison on Tuesday. The grand jury returned a True Bill of Indictment for Brian Adams on May 12, more than three years after he was first arrested by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation on a …
Live roaches and flies and a dead mouse were among the violations cited on Coastal State Prison’s most recent health inspection conducted by the state alongside observations of mold throughout the entire kitchen. A number of repeat violations led to the grade of ’70’ for the Georgia Department of Corrections facility in its recent health …
Share this Facebook Twitter Pinterest Whatsapp Reddit Email Not long ago, a Georgia Department of Corrections inmate who built bombs inside his cell at a Tattnall County prison and mailed them to a number of government offices in hopes of getting the attention of state prison officials was sentenced by a federal judge. But why …
Tamarshe Smith (Photo: Georgia Department of Corrections) Share this Facebook Twitter Pinterest Whatsapp Reddit Email Last week, Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC) Commissioner Tyrone Oliver announced the promotion of Tarmarshe Smith, Assistant Director for the Southeast Region, to Southeast Regional Director, effective October 1, 2025, following the retirement of his predecessor, Annettia Toby. As Southeast …