The ceremony held at the jail symbolized the role education can play in personal redemption and societal renewal.

A man being held on charges including kidnapping has died after attempting to harm himself in a jail cell. The Jefferson County Coroner/Medical Examiner's Office said Jimmy Boothe, 42, was an inmate ...

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation was asked Tuesday to investigate the death of an inmate at the Athens-Clarke County Jail.

Two inmates at the Jasper County Detention Center have been accused of starting a fire in a holding cell last fall that destroyed the booking area of the jail, seriously injuring multiple inmates and ...