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A Georgia man was sentenced to 19 years in prison for his role in an inmate-directed armed drug conspiracy operating in Athens.

ATHENS – Three defendants found guilty in multiple armed drug trafficking investigations in the Athens community were sentenced to federal prison for their crimes.

ATHENS – Three defendants found guilty in multiple armed drug trafficking investigations in the Athens community were sentenced to federal prison for their crimes.

ATHENS, Ga. – Two individuals involved in a larger armed drug conspiracy operating in the Athens area were found guilty by a federal jury for their crimes

An 11Alive Reveal investigation has uncovered an unprecedented number of people who died inside Georgia prisons last year. One of them includes a man with a known mental illness prison official failed to protect. He’s 24-year-old Bobby Thompson. His mother, India Tarver, says her son called her at work nearly every day to catch up. “Between 12 and 1 o’clock and he knows the time. He was never late,” Tarver said.  On September 23, 2020, though, Tarver’s phone didn’t ring. She got a ...

Updated: 3:15 PM EDT June 10, 2021 WHEELER COUNTY, Ga. — Contact tracing and testing is underway at a Georgia state prison where at least four inmates are suspected to have tuberculosis (TB). According to a statement from CoreCivic Public Affairs Manager Ryan Gustin, the first inmate at Wheeler Correctional Facility became ill in early May and was soon transferred to Augusta State Medical Prison for continued medical care. Several days later, another inmate began having sympto...