Stories From Inside

First-person accounts from incarcerated and formerly incarcerated people in Georgia. Their words. Their truth.

Illustration for the story: The First Week

The First Week

In January 2015, I entered Georgia's prison system at Jackson Diagnostic. Within a week, I witnessed guards stand by as gangs beat a man to death. Over two months, I saw 50 people beaten into gangs while living in freezing, windowless dorms with no activities and constant violence...
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