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Georgia’s prisons hit a historic death toll in 2024 while the state ignores gang separation strategies that cut violence 50%+ elsewhere. A new GPS brief asks why.
Georgia recorded 66 prison homicides in 2024 — a sevenfold increase — while half of all guard positions sit empty. The state ranks dead last in correctional officer pay.
Georgia collected $8,062,200.60 in prison phone kickbacks in a single year — third-highest nationally — while families spend $115–$135/month to stay connected. Six states have made calls free. Georgia has done nothing.
Georgia’s Survivor Justice Act freed its first person after 23 years. Over 100 women in Georgia prisons may be eligible. Here’s what reporters need to know.
100 people killed in Georgia prisons in 2024. Only 1% of prisoner rights claims succeed. A new court ruling just made Georgia the hardest place in America to seek justice.
Georgia spends $1.48B on prisons but $172,000 on vocational education. Federal investigators say people ‘leave prison worse than when they came in.’ The true recidivism rate is double what the state reports.
A federal judge found Georgia corrections falsified compliance documents and showed ‘no desire or intention to comply’ with solitary confinement reforms — while 78% of people were held in isolation for over two years.
Georgia accepted $82M in federal TIS grants and incurred $40–50B in corrections costs — a 1:500 ratio — while academic consensus shows near-zero crime reduction from increased incarceration since 2000.
Research estimates 11.6%–15% of rape convictions are wrongful. Black prisoners face 3.5x the risk. Georgia’s Chief Justice calls the post-conviction system “broken.”
Georgia is building the nation’s first centralized prison surveillance command center — integrating radar, cameras, cell phone interdiction, and AI into one hub — at $150M+ with no public scrutiny.