Hays State Prison News

The Georgia Supreme Court has sent a high-profile murder case back to Cherokee County Superior Court for a hearing on grounds that the defendant might have had ineffective counsel.

There was a disturbance Saturday at Hays State Prison in Chattooga County, according to the state Department of Corrections.

James Dustin Barnette is charged with three counts of sexual exploitation of children.

The National Geographic Channel series Hard Time has for the past several weeks documented life at Hays State Prison in Chattooga County.

The March 30 episode of The National Geographic Channels series called Hard Time will spotlight the Oct.

One of Georgia's most wanted is back behind bars Friday morning after more than four months on the run.

Michael A. Tweedell found inside a stolen vehicle in DeKalb. Michael A. Tweedell escaped from Hays State Prison with fellow inmate Mack Brown in October.

The second of two inmates who escaped from Chattooga Countys Hays State Prison in October was captured Thursday night in DeKalb County.

A man who escaped from Forest Hays State Prison near Trion, Ga., in October was caught Thursday night, according to Georgia Department of Corrections spokeswoman Kristen Stancil.

Georgia Department of Corrections is proposing to cut more than 1,300 positions.

Budget cuts in the Georgia Department of Corrections touched off concerns today about prison safety, notably with one lawmaker close to Hays State Prison, where two violent offenders escaped in October.

The suspect in an armed robbery of a local Dunkin' Donuts shop three years ago has been "unmasked" by DNA evidence, police said today.