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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.

Georgia’s 2026 Legislative Session: A Second Chance for Real Parole Reform

Georgia’s 2026 legislative session could finally bring transparency and fairness to parole. With SB 25 and the new *Second Chance Parole Reform Act of 2026*, advocates are demanding written explanations, video hearings, and real opportunities for release. Learn how families can act now and use Impact Justice AI to push lawmakers for change.

The Price of Staying Close: Families Pay the Cost of a Broken System

Across Georgia, families are going broke just to keep their loved ones alive and connected behind bars. From elderly grandparents skipping meals to mothers living on disability, the human cost of Georgia’s prison economy runs far deeper than commissary prices or phone bills. These are the voices of those paying The Price of Staying Close.

The Price of Love: How Georgia’s Prisons Bleed Families Dry

For many families in Georgia, having a loved one behind bars doesn’t mean only missing birthdays and phone calls—it means chronic financial strain. A new national study finds that families who provide direct support to incarcerated relatives spend on average 6 % of their household income each month just to cover direct costs like commissary items, hygiene products and phone calls.
When that national figure meets the realities inside Georgia’s prison system—sky-high commissary mark‐ups, inadequate meals that force reliance on overpriced snacks—the results are devastating.

Georgia’s Prison Crisis: A System on the Brink

Georgia’s prison system is collapsing under its own weight.
More than 53,000 people are held in conditions the U.S. Department of Justice calls unconstitutional — where gangs rule, officers vanish, and human life has lost its value.

Parole: A Promise Broken — and How Georgia Can Make It Right

Parole isn’t mercy—it’s a promise. A promise that if you do the work, you can come home. Families across Georgia have waited years for the system to keep that promise. It’s time for the state to restore trust and fairness.

Sheqweetta Vaughan’s Death at Arrendale Prison: Another Tragedy of Neglect in Georgia

On July 9, 2025, Sheqweetta Vaughan, a 32-year-old mother incarcerated at Lee Arrendale State Prison in Georgia, was found dead in her cell. By the time staff discovered her, her body was already decomposing. Her death is not only a tragedy—it’s a stark indictment of the Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC) and how it treats …

📢 The FCC wants to allow prison cell phone jammers. In Georgia’s understaffed prisons, phones aren’t just contraband—they’re lifelines that save lives. Families must speak NOW.

Read why and how to contact the FCC to voice your opinion

Record Every Call: How to Expose Contempt and Abuse

When Georgia families call the GDC, they’re often ignored, belittled, or cursed at — and left in the dark about whether their loved one was stabbed, hospitalized, or even died. Georgia is a one-party consent state. Record every call. Show the world how GDC treats families.

A Constitutional Betrayal: Georgia’s Deadline on Freedom

Georgia prisoners' speak about the four-year Habeas Corpus deadline in Georgia being a constitutional disaster, highlighting the hurdles in accessing law libraries and the delays that trap inmates in a maze of legal challenges.

Georgia’s habeas law is unconstitutional. It gives prisoners just 4 years to prove their innocence—while the state blocks law library access, removes books, and forces them to teach themselves legal research. Wrongful convictions often take decades to uncover. Georgia’s deadline isn’t justice—it’s a trap.