MCRAE-HELENA, Ga. — Two inmates at the McRae Women’s Facility are dead, both dying within two days of each other, according to the Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC). They said that Shannon Rush, 43, and Chasity King, 26, were both pronounced dead. The GDC said Rush died on May 16, while King died on May …
This is The Marshall Project’s Closing Argument newsletter, a weekly deep dive into a key criminal justice issue. Want this delivered to your inbox? Sign up for future newsletters. The food on the trays doesn’t even look like food. In photos smuggled out of Georgia’s prisons, what passes for a meal is either grossly inadequate …
Warden hired to guard a Georgia prison indicted in contraband operation A former Smith State Prison warden was indicted Wednesday, accused in a complex contraband smuggling operation that officials first began investigating four years ago. Brian Adams, 52, was indicted by a grand jury in southeast Georgia on charges of violation of the Racketeer Influenced …
Former Georgia prison warden indicted in alleged contraband smuggling operation TATTNALL COUNTY, Ga. (WTOC) – Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr announced the indictment of former Smith State Prison Warden Brian Adams, 52, of Waycross, for his alleged involvement in a contraband smuggling operation tied to inmate Nathan Weekes and a prison gang known as YSL …
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 …
Employee of private prison company at Coffee Correctional charged with sexual assault DOUGLAS, Ga. (WALB) — An employee of a private prison company operating in Coffee County is facing multiple charges, including sexual assault, following what appears to have been an internal investigation. According to jail records, 32-year-old Lexie Ezandrielle Murphy of Douglas was booked …
The Georgia Department of Corrections has named the 12 inmates charged in a deadly riot at Washington State Prison back in January. The January riot left three inmates dead and one corrections officer hurt. But on Monday, the Georgia Department of Corrections confirmed the inmates charged in the riot, which they said at the time …
May 4, 2026 The Georgia Department of Corrections assigns every person in its custody a security classification: Minimum, Medium or Close. This classification determines which prisons they can be sent to, what jobs they can be assigned, what programming they have access to and how much their movements are restricted. Anyone whose conviction is designated …
WASHINGTON COUNTY, Ga. — The Georgia Department of Corrections has named the 12 inmates charged in a deadly riot at Washington State Prison back in January. The January riot left three inmates dead and one corrections officer hurt. But on Monday, the Georgia Department of Corrections confirmed the inmates charged in the riot, which they …
Watchfacebook icontwitter iconACCESSIBILITYGDC: 12 inmates charged in 'gang-affiliated disturbance' at Washington State Prisonby Leah Kincaid 0CommentShare storySharetopics: Washington State PrisonGang disturbanceInmates chargedFelony murderGeorgia Department of CorrectionsPrison violenceFelony assaultInvestigation(WGXA) — 12 inmates are facing additional felony charges in January's "gang-affiliated disturbance" at Washington State Prison that left four inmates dead and over a dozen injured. The …