Justice Reed

The Death of Habeas Corpus Is Killing Innocent People

Georgia's restriction on Habeas Corpus electively kills the 830 year writ

For 830 years, habeas corpus protected the innocent from unlawful imprisonment—until Georgia destroyed it. The 2004 four-year deadline traps wrongfully convicted people in a prison system that killed 100+ by homicide in 2024. The Great Writ is dead. The innocent are dying with it.

Decarceration IS Inevitable — Georgia Can Choose How, or Let the Courts Decide

Decarceration is a choice for now. Until the courts get involved.

Georgia’s prison system is collapsing. With 100+ homicides in 2024, record deaths, DOJ findings of unconstitutional conditions, and $700 million in new spending that failed to improve safety, decarceration is no longer optional. Evidence from New York, California, and Europe proves it works.

Cruel and Unusual Dentistry: Inside Georgia’s Prison Dental Crisis

Georgia doesn’t treat dental disease in prison.
It removes teeth.

Extraction replaces fillings. Waiting lists replace care. Commissary replaces basic supplies. And the damage follows people home long after their sentence ends.

This is healthcare as punishment.

Federal Nutrition Guidelines vs. Georgia Prison Food Reality

New federal nutrition guidelines officially warn against ultra-processed foods. Georgia’s prisons still serve inadequate meals while commissaries profit from junk food sales. When will the state follow the science?

Georgia’s 2026 Candidates on Prison and Parole Reform

Georgia voters will choose a new Governor and Lieutenant Governor in 2026 amid a prison crisis. GPS surveyed candidates on parole reform, prison conditions, and sentencing policy. Only two candidates—Jake Olinger and Josh McLaurin—have detailed positions. Here’s what we found.

The Deterrence Myth: Georgia’s Harsh Sentencing Backfired

Georgia’s harsh sentencing experiment failed to deter crime and fueled a deadly prison crisis. Here’s why the deterrence myth collapsed — and what actually works.

The Human Cost of Georgia’s Prison Extortion

Georgia families are spending hundreds each month on commissary, phone calls, and visitation just to keep their loved ones alive. These firsthand testimonies reveal the hidden human cost of Georgia’s predatory prison economy.

Truth in Sentencing Broke Parole. Georgia Is Paying the Price.

Empty Georgia parole board hearing room symbolizing the collapse of parole under truth in sentencing policies.

Parole was built to manage risk and restore lives. In Georgia, “85% truth in sentencing” turned that safety valve into a death sentence.

Normalization: The Principle That Changes Everything

Georgia’s prisons aren’t “broken” — they’re illegal.

The Constitution says the punishment is the loss of liberty, not starvation, violence, neglect, or death.
Yet every day, Georgia piles on punishments no judge ever ordered.

Every other developed nation treats prison as a place for rehabilitation.
Georgia treats it as a dumping ground for suffering.

Normalization is how we realign Georgia with the law, with humanity, and with public safety.

Georgia now faces a choice:
continue running prisons that violate the Constitution, or adopt the normalization model that every safe, sane society already follows.

One path breeds violence.
The other creates redemption.
Only one is legal.

Why Georgia Must Create a Liberty Interest in Parole

Georgia’s parole system is broken because people have no enforceable right to release — even when they do everything asked of them. Creating a liberty interest in parole would finally bring fairness, transparency, and real hope to thousands of families across our state.