Georgia prison families have a November 6 opportunity to speak with corrections representatives in Columbus, but the state limits attendance to 216 approved visitors. Here are the deadline, location, preparation steps and official source links.
A University of Miami Law Review article questions the Eleventh Circuit's handling of a wrong-person arrest in Sosa v. Martin County. This original analysis separates binding precedent from the authors' proposed Fourth Amendment approach.
A September 2026 appellate opinion permits parts of a Randolph County pretrial-release class action to continue without deciding the constitutional merits.
A 2026 Georgia State University Law Review note examines juvenile life without parole after Miller and Jones. Prison Project separates the Supreme Court's actual rulings from the researcher's concerns about Georgia sentencing and parole, with a document checklist for attorneys and families.
Former Cartersville officer and evidence custodian Donna Jean Kelley faces three felony charges after the GBI says money disappeared from the police evidence room. No conviction or affected-case list has been announced. The story explains what defendants and families should preserve and how public-records requests differ from criminal discovery.
Five defendants have been sentenced in a conspiracy that moved methamphetamine and other contraband into Alabama's Elmore Correctional Facility. The longest sentence was 20 years. The story includes a practical guide for families who are asked to move money, packages, or messages outside approved prison channels.
Former FCI Jesup correctional officer Ashley Brown received a 48-month federal sentence after pleading guilty to 24 bribery counts and 16 money-laundering counts. Prosecutors say she took more than $80,000 to smuggle methamphetamine, K2, marijuana, phones, and other contraband into the prison. The story includes verified DOJ OIG and BOP reporting guidance for families.
Former federal correctional officer Cornelius Thompson pleaded guilty to sexual abuse of a person under his authority and accepting bribes to smuggle fentanyl, methamphetamine, K2, phones, and other contraband into FCC Coleman. He has not yet been sentenced. The story includes verified BOP and DOJ reporting guidance for families.
