Hays State Prison News

Rick Jacobs has been named warden of Hays State Prison in Trion, the Georgia Department of Corrections has announced.

An employee of the Crisp County Sheriff's Office jail staff has told Investigator Karlie Stowe she continues to be stalked by a subject already convicted and jailed for that offense.

The man accused of killing a Lee County Sheriff's deputy has a long arrest record in Georgia, dating back to 1995.

The man who escaped a Georgia state prison near Trion last year that eventually led to guards being fired will not be able to finish his sentence as long as he lives.

Eleven months after an escaped convict appeared in her home and forced her to take him across the state, Kellie Durden faced him in the courtroom Tuesday.

Eleven months after an escaped convict appeared in her home and forced her to take him across the state, Kellie Durden faced him in the courtroom Tuesday.

A prisoner who led police on a months long chase when he escaped from Hays State Prison last year could face a kidnapping trial as early as next week in Chattooga County Superior Court.

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.