In less than three months, Warden Kendric Jackson transferred 87 lifers out of Calhoun State Prison — 79% to close-security facilities. GPS data reveals a systematic population swap: stable, long-term inmates shipped to Level 5 prisons while younger short-timers arrive from those same facilities. No other medium-security prison in Georgia is doing anything close to this.
At 52 years old with no criminal record, she entered county jail thinking it was a formality. Two years later, she was released—all charges dropped, but everything lost. Her story exposes the dehumanizing conditions of pretrial detention and her journey from inmate to criminal justice advocate.
…someone. I reminded her several times that day. Finally the Unit Manager over the tier came in. His name was Mr. Beasley — Jacob Beasley. The officer remembered to ask…
Georgia’s prison phone crackdown spent years failing to stop $1.5 million in scams at a single prison — before and after MAS arrived. The $50M blocking system is deaf by design. Georgia already has the hardware, the law, and the precedent to monitor instead. The Commissioner needs to make one decision.
Georgia is the only state where unconfirmed field drug tests can convict. Colorado just banned arrests based on these $2 tests — unanimously. Here’s how advocates can bring that reform to Georgia.
Georgia is the only state where unconfirmed $2 field drug tests can convict someone at trial. Colorado just unanimously banned arrests based on these tests. An estimated 961 Georgians are falsely arrested annually.
Georgia is the only state where a $2 field drug test can sustain a conviction at trial. Colorado just showed — unanimously — how to fix it. A zero-cost reform could protect 961 Georgians falsely arrested each year.
Georgia is the only state where a $2 roadside drug test can convict someone. These tests get it wrong up to 38% of the time. Colorado just banned test-only arrests. Georgia must follow.
Ronald Allen asked for insulated gloves before handling frozen beef patties at GDCP. He got two pairs of disposable ones. Eight weeks of medical neglect later — a doctor who never examined him — Allen lost his dominant hand. His lawsuit names 12 defendants including Commissioner Oliver.
A federal jury awarded $307.6 million to a former Michigan prisoner whose healthcare contractor denied him a colostomy reversal surgery to save money. The verdict in Jackson v. Corizon Health puts the entire for-profit prison healthcare industry on notice — including companies operating in Georgia.