While serving a life without parole sentence, 46-year-old Jarvis Matthews used contraband cellphones to direct the distribution of drugs in and around Atlanta.

Federal prosecutors say the inmate was leading a massive drug trafficking and money laundering operation from his jail cell.

Federal officials and the Newton County Sheriff’s Office worked together to stop what they call a major drug trafficking ...

Billy Joe Cagle allegedly threatened a mass shooting at the Atlanta airport while FaceTiming from the terminal. His mental-health instability and access to firearms are expected to drive next ...

Every Sunday in October and one weekend in April, dozens of inmates in Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola volunteer to participate in its prison rodeo, the last remaining in the country. Always ...

A federal appeals court paused litigation Wednesday brought by environmental groups over Florida’s Alligator Alcatraz, the hastily assembled Everglades detention site where the Trump administration ...

An Illinois man was shot dead while incarcerated in a federal prison in Florida this month, his family and officials told NBC News, a rare incident behind bars as guards largely are not allowed to ...

(ATLANTA) -- A man accused of going to the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport after making a threat to shoot it up now faces multiple federal charges, the Department of Justice said ...

Billy Joe Cagle allegedly made the threat in a FaceTime call, the DOJ said. A man accused of going to the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport after making a threat to shoot it up now ...

ATLANTA – Federal prosecutors on Tuesday brought charges against a Georgia man who was arrested a day earlier by police after his family contacted authorities saying he planned a shooting at Atlanta's ...

ATLANTA — Authorities released the mug shot and warrant for the man accused of planning a shooting Monday at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. Authorities said Billy Joe Cagle brought ...