A federal judge ruled Georgia’s parole process for juvenile lifers may violate the Constitution. Janice Buttrum, imprisoned since age 17, has been denied parole five times. Not a single juvenile lifer resentenced under Supreme Court rulings has been released in Georgia.
…GDC Facility Descriptions, https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_ggpd_s-ga-br300-b-pm1-b2013-bf33-belec-p-btext [↩] The Public Index — Georgia State Prison profile, https://georgia.thepublicindex.org/tattnall-county/georgia-state-prison [↩] GPS — Brown v. Plata: A Legal Roadmap for Georgia’s Prison Crisis, https://gps.press/brown-v-plata-a-legal-roadmap-for-georgias-prison-crisis/ [↩] DOJ…
…Justice, Prison Reform Survey — November 2025, March 2026. https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/prison-reform-survey-november-2025 U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division, Findings on GDC Prison Conditions, October 2024. Georgia Prisoners’ Speak, GPS Research Library,…
Two existing Georgia statutes — one from 1863, the other containing the most powerful safety-valve language in Georgia law — could unlock post-conviction justice if anyone would enforce them. Article 1 of the “No Way Out” series.
Georgia holds nearly 13,000 people over 50 in its prisons — the most expensive to incarcerate and the least likely to reoffend. Every dollar spent warehousing aging prisoners is stolen from rehabilitation, education, and the community investments that actually prevent crime.
Georgia has identified 315 gangs and 15,200 gang-affiliated prisoners — 31% of its population — yet has no separation strategy, no exit program, and no management plan. Texas, Arizona, and California solved this problem decades ago. Georgia chose to do nothing. The death toll proves it.
An estimated 2,500-5,000 innocent people sit in Georgia’s prisons with every avenue of relief locked shut. GPS investigation connects three systemic failures — the habeas corpus deadline, absent conviction integrity units, and ignored Supreme Court precedent — and calls on the General Assembly to act before Crossover Day.
…The courts broke the appeals process. The legislature broke habeas. GDC broke the prisons. And the people trapped at the center — including thousands who are innocent or over-sentenced —…
…a system that aggregates electronic health records, communication monitoring, location tracking, and video surveillance into a single platform monitoring 45,000+ incarcerated people. A Surveillance State Within a State Georgia Representative…
GDC’s own statistics report 301 people died while serving state sentences in 2025. But the official mortality name list contains only 295 names. When GPS asked who the six missing people were, GDC responded with bureaucratic doublespeak — and a bill.