Georgia has spent $600+ million on its prison crisis while homicides surged from 8 to over 100. Evidence from 21+ states shows a 20% population reduction can save $316M annually with no crime increase.
Georgia spent $600M+ on prisons but deaths surged 1,150%. Evidence from other states shows reducing prison populations works — and saves lives.
Georgia spent $700 million more on corrections in four years. Every measurable outcome got worse. This toolkit gives advocates the data, talking points, and strategies to demand structural reform.
Georgia spent $700 million more on prisons since FY2022. Homicides are projected up 27% in 2025. Every measurable outcome worsened. A new analysis examines why.
Georgia approved $634 million in emergency corrections funding — the largest in state history. Every measurable outcome has worsened. An accountability analysis for the 2026 legislative session.
Georgia spent $700 million more on prisons since 2022. Deaths went up, guards quit, buildings crumbled. Here’s what the money bought — and what it didn’t.
At 19, I received 17 years for armed robbery—the take was $140, split two ways. Seventy dollars cost me my twenties and thirties. Between 1992 and 2009, I survived four Georgia prisons, learning hard lessons about violence, exploitation, and what it takes to hold onto hope when the system tells you you’ll die inside.
Georgia has identified 315 gangs and 15,200 gang-affiliated prisoners — 31% of its population — yet has no separation strategy, no exit program, and no management plan. Texas, Arizona, and California solved this problem decades ago. Georgia chose to do nothing. The death toll proves it.
Georgia knows who its 15,000 gang members are — and houses them without regard to who will kill whom. Other states cut violence in half with separation. Here’s how to demand Georgia act.
Georgia’s prisons hit a historic death toll in 2024 while the state ignores gang separation strategies that cut violence 50%+ elsewhere. A new GPS brief asks why.