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Taylor, then a first-year student at Emory University’s Candler School of Theology, learned about Gissendaner while working with women in solitary confinement at Lee Arrendale State Prison ...

When 67-year-old Brad Sigmon was put to death on March 7 in South Carolina for the murder of his then-girlfriend's parents, ...

Before her position at Metro TC, Jackson held roles including Correctional Officer II at Metro State Prison, Chief of Security, Unit Manager at Lee Arrendale State Prison, and Assistant ...

ATLANTA - The process has begun to convert Lee Arrendale State Prison in Alto into a prison for women and young men. Georgia Department of Corrections spokesman Brian Owens said Thursday the prison, ...

Taylor, then a first-year student at Emory University's Candler School of Theology, learned about Gissendaner while working with women in solitary confinement at Lee Arrendale State Prison, where ...

Rucker turned himself in about noon at Lavonia police headquarters. The Habersham County Sheriff's Office, tracking dogs from Lee Arrendale State Prison in Alto, and the Georgia State Patrol ...

No one would have blamed Ayoka Lee if she felt cursed. The senior center missed eight games for the Kansas State women’s basketball team earlier this season with a foot injury. Then, after five ...