The Atlanta Opera's production of "Dead Man Walking" tells the story of Sister Helen Prejean and her relationship with death row inmate Joseph de Rocher...
A new GPB radio drama and podcast called "Beyond Reasonable Doubt: The Troy Davis Project" reflects the conflicting public discourse surrounding the...
A new GPB radio drama and podcast called "Beyond Reasonable Doubt: The Troy Davis Project" reflects the conflicting public discourse that surrounded the...
In 1991, Troy Davis was convicted of the murder of Savannah police office Mark MacPhail and sentenced to death. The state of Georgia executed Davis in...
On this edition of Political Rewind, Brian Kemp thinks there is a gang problem in Georgia and has laid out his plans for a new group to battle the issue...
A new book explores why so many young men of color wind up in prison. “Locking Up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black America,” is the work of Yale...
In Georgia, county courts have contracted with private probation companies to collect fines from offenders. People are sometimes jailed for not being...
The stocks of the two biggest private prison companies in the nation saw a big boost shortly after President Trump took office . One of those companies...
Governor Nathan Deal has signed three new criminal justice reform bills into law. Deal picked an audience of corrections, parole and non-profit workers...
State officials are recommending changes to help reduce what they say is the highest rate of felons on probation in the country. In a report submitted...
At the inmate’s direction, the children drop to the floor. “Down!” she shouts, almost screeches. Almost immediately there’s a new command. “Up!” A new...
