A federal appeals court has revived a civil rights lawsuit by three Georgia death row prisoners who allege unequal treatment under a 2021 state agreement. The agreement, which protects nine prisoners from execution until certain pandemic-related conditions are met, did not extend to Lyndon Pace, Jerry Heidler, and Warren King, who were still appealing their …
A Georgia grand jury has indicted 16 inmates in connection with a series of stabbings at Coffee Correctional Facility, a state prison in South Georgia. The assaults occurred on December 13, 2025, and left multiple inmates critically injured, requiring life-saving medical care outside the facility. According to Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr, all defendants are …
The Georgia Department of Corrections is investigating the death of inmate Mark Rutledge at the Georgia Diagnostic and Classification State Prison in Butts County. Rutledge was pronounced dead on Friday, and the official cause of death is unknown, according to the GDC. He was serving time for fleeing/eluding police in Grady County with a maximum …
Georgia prison system investigates death of Central Georgia inmate | Here’s what we know WMAZ
16 inmates charged by Georgia Attorney General in gang-related attacks at South Georgia correctional facility WMAZ
Juan Carlos Ramirez Bibiano, 27, died July 20, 2023 at Telfair State Prison after officers placed him in a roughly 12-by-8.5-foot fenced-in outdoor cage with no shade while the heat index reached about 105°F. Within 20 minutes he told guards he was overheating, that his medication was making him sick, that he was struggling to …
A Georgia inmate, Marcus Allen Daniels, 30, has been charged with felony theft after a Smith County, Texas investigation linked him to a $13,000 bitcoin scam targeting a Lindale woman. According to the Smith County Sheriff’s Office, the victim was told by a caller impersonating a sheriff’s employee that she needed to send $13,000 via …
The Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC) is investigating the deaths of two inmates at Valdosta State Prison, with official causes of death still undetermined. Inmate Antavious Bailey died on June 21; he was convicted in DeKalb County of kidnapping, armed robbery, and home invasion, and was serving a 15-year sentence. Inmate Steven Bryant died on …
A new Justice Department Inspector General report found that the federal Bureau of Prisons violated its own rules by excessively restraining prisoners, including cases where an individual died after being shackled for over two days and another required a limb amputation due to restraints being applied too tightly. The report reviewed six years of records …
Federal prosecutors announced the indictment of 12 individuals in what they described as the largest federal prosecution of a drone-based prison smuggling operation. The alleged ring used a former daycare center in Macon, Georgia, nicknamed “the Lab,” as a base to airdrop contraband including drugs, cellphones, and weapons into 10 federal prisons across eight states. …