WRIGHTSVILLE, Ga. — The Georgia Department of Corrections is responding after a corrections officer at Johnson State Prison was arrested for allegedly allowing the beating of two inmates ...

13WMAZ reached out to the Georgia Department of Corrections for comment, but they've not responded.. Johnson State Prison is a medium-security prison on Donovan Harrison Road, Wrightsville.

FILE - House Election Integrity Chairman Stan Gunter speaks about election bill SB 89 on Sine Die, the last day of the General Assembly at the Georgia State Capitol in Atlanta on Monday ...

A Georgia bill that would reduce sentences for those who could tie their crimes to domestic abuse is on its way to becoming law. Women nationwide are in prison for killing their abusive partners ...

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At other times, they say, people simply don’t believe women’s stories, with women of color like Favors who survive abuse especially likely to end up in prison. But under the Georgia Survivor ...