A structured public-speaking and leadership program — culminating in a TEDx event inside the prison — that builds leaders, lowers risk, and costs the state nothing. Georgia can be the first Southern state to host one.
Damita Bishop, co-founder of prison reform nonprofit FAIR and author of the Georgia Second Chance and Smart Justice Reform Act, has qualified as a Republican candidate for House District 61. GPS profiles her criminal justice reform platform and its alignment with both the End the Warehouse and Vision 2027 campaigns.
Georgia’s Survivor Justice Act (HB 582) gives incarcerated domestic violence survivors the right to petition for resentencing. This guide explains who qualifies, how the process works, where to find free legal help, and how to build the strongest possible petition. Over 100 women in Georgia prisons could be eligible.
GPS investigates Pulaski State Prison under Warden Wendy Jackson, tracing how an untested leader inherited a facility scarred by decades of lethal medical neglect, gang violence, sexual assault, and federal findings of unconstitutional conditions — and what families are reporting now.