ROGERS STATE PRISON

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Source-attributed observations and allegations from news coverage and reports submitted to GPS. Each entry credits its source.

• ALLEGATION According to Facebook (public comment, Georgia prison family group) Recorded by GPS: Sep 1, 2026
  Civilian farm supervisor supplied vapes and computer access on the GCI dairy detail, then blamed the workers — collective loss of detail (Rogers State Prison) — A formerly incarcerated man says a civilian farm hand overseeing the dairy-milking detail at Rogers State Prison supplied vapes to the men working it and let them into the farm office to use a computer. When Georgia Correctional Industries staff discovered prisoners had been in the office, the poster says the same staffer told them the men had broken in. The poster says he was accused of stealing food and drink mixes, lost his work detail over the episode, and was refused any detail for the remainder of his sentence — while, he says, the actual thefts were later traced to a different shift.

  "when I worked as a dairy Milker (milking cows) there was a farm hand named [first name withheld by GPS] he'd get vapes for the inmates to hit while working and letting inmates into the office to get on the computer where I was wrongfully accused of stealing food,drink mixes... but when the GCI workers found out people were going into the office the farm hand blamed us all for breaking in when he'd let us in... which was found out later to be morning dairy milkers who stole food and etc but I lost my detail and was refused a detail for the rest of my time"

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• ALLEGATION According to Facebook (public comment, Georgia prison family group) Recorded by GPS: Sep 1, 2026
  Counselor known to prisoners as "Cowboy" arrested for bringing in drugs and phones (Rogers State Prison) — A formerly incarcerated man, posting publicly, says a counselor at Rogers State Prison whom prisoners called "Cowboy" — identifiable by his cowboy hat, boots and dress shirts — was arrested after staff learned he was bringing contraband drugs ("toochie") and cell phones into the facility. The account is undated; the poster describes a past period of incarceration at Rogers and does not state years.

  "there was a councilor the inmates called "cowboy" wore cowboy hat boots and nice button ups he was arrested after they found out he was bringing in toochie and phones"

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• ALLEGATION Received as Family or inmate communication Recorded by GPS: Jun 2, 2026
  Guard Stabbing Incident

  "Just a POI = now theyve been on "modified lockdown" still from the Blood / GF battles and the stabbing of the guards at Rogers. Haven't heard anything about scabies recently. On Tue, Jun 2, 2026 at 11:10 AM GPS Advocate Network <team@mail.gps.press> wrote:"

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• OBSERVATION According to Facebook, Heather Hunt Published: Aug 10, 2026
  Heather Hunt wrote on Facebook on August 10, 2026: "My name is Heather Hunt Fountain, and I am the mother of Taylor Anthony Hunt. Taylor was 29 years old. He was a father, a son, a grandson, and a veteran. On September 27, 2024, we were told Taylor had died while incarcerated at Rogers State Prison. But we weren’t told how. For five days, my family knew my son was dead without knowing how he died. Five days later, we were finally told two words: “A hanging.” Not “suicide.” Not “suicide by hanging.” “A hanging.” I didn’t begin with a theory. I began with questions. And almost two years later, I am still asking them. Today is Prisoners’ Justice Day, and Taylor is not the only reason I am speaking out today. In 2024, 332 people died in Georgia’s state correctional facilities. Three hundred and thirty-two human beings. Since 2020, over 1,900 people have died in GDOC custody. And I deliberately say deaths—not homicides—because I don’t want this conversation to depend upon what label the government puts beside someone’s name. Every one of those numbers represents somebody’s child, parent, brother, sister or spouse. And while people were dying at extraordinary levels, GDC actually stopped including the initial manner of death in the monthly mortality reports it had previously published. At the same time, the U.S. Department of Justice concluded that Georgia was failing to protect incarcerated people from widespread violence and harm. I have watch some our Georgia political leaders this month on the campaign trail speaking so eloquently as they are demanding transparency from the federal government and other political entities. So I went to the Georgia State Capitol today, with one question: Why do our leaders demand transparency from Washington while families like mine have to fight their own state government for it? Transparency cannot be something you believe in only when you’re demanding it from somebody else. Transparency begins at home. Let me tell you what that fight has looked like for my family. When we went to Rogers looking for answers, we were told: There were no suicide notes. We were told there was video showing Taylor throwing away his belongings before he killed himself. Later, alleged suicide letters appeared. And our family says those letters are not in Taylor’s handwriting. So independently authenticate them. Tell us where they were found, when they were found, who found them and who handled them. And explain why we were originally told there were no suicide notes. Then came October 9. That […]"

  "My name is Heather Hunt Fountain, and I am the mother of Taylor Anthony Hunt. Taylor was 29 years old. He was a father, a son, a grandson, and a veteran. On September 27, 2024, we were told Taylor had died while incarcerated at Rogers State Prison. But we weren’t told how. For five days, my family knew my son was dead without knowing how he died. Five days later, we were finally told two words: “A hanging.” Not “suicide.” Not “suicide by hanging.” “A hanging.” I didn’t begin with a theory. I began with questions. And almost two years later, I am still asking them. Today is Prisoners’ Justice Day, and Taylor is not the only reason I am speaking out today. In 2024, 332 people died in Georgia’s state correctional facilities. Three hundred and thirty-two human beings. Since 2020, over 1,900 people have died in GDOC custody. And I deliberately say deaths—not homicides—because I don’t want this conversation to depend upon what label the government puts beside someone’s name. Every one of those numbers represents somebody’s child, parent, brother, sister or spouse. And while people were dying at extraordinary levels, GDC actually stopped including the initial manner of death in the monthly mortality reports it had previously published. At the same time, the U.S. Department of Justice concluded that Georgia was failing to protect incarcerated people from widespread violence and harm. I have watch some our Georgia political leaders this month on the campaign trail speaking so eloquently as they are demanding transparency from the federal government and other political entities. So I went to the Georgia State Capitol today, with one question: Why do our leaders demand transparency from Washington while families like mine have to fight their own state government for it? Transparency cannot be something you believe in only when you’re demanding it from somebody else. Transparency begins at home. Let me tell you what that fight has looked like for my family. When we went to Rogers looking for answers, we were told: There were no suicide notes. We were told there was video showing Taylor throwing away his belongings before he killed himself. Later, alleged suicide letters appeared. And our family says those letters are not in Taylor’s handwriting. So independently authenticate them. Tell us where they were found, when they were found, who found them and who handled them. And explain why we were originally told there were no suicide notes. Then came October 9. That day, my Facebook post asking questions about Taylor’s death went viral. The purported letter from an inmate friend I received was postmarked October 9. And the incident report concerning Taylor’s September 27 death was also dated October 9(not filled out AT ALL until October 9th.) So I ask: Why October 9? I’m not asking you to accept my conclusion about what that means. I’m asking for an INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION that can determine what it means. Even the 911 call raises questions. Rogers is in Tattnall County. But the call went first to Bulloch County 911 and was transferred to Tattnall County. The caller said she was outside the prison. And she reported that CPR and an AED were being used on Taylor. So I requested the records documenting those lifesaving measures. AED data. Timestamps. Emergency-response records. Who performed CPR. Who operated the AED. We were told the records we requested DID NOT EXIST. How do lifesaving measures exist in the story— but not in the records? Other evidence raises questions too. Taylor’s white pants and white underwear were DISPOSED OF. FLEX CUFFS were retained. Why? When were they used? Who put them on him? Then there is what happened to Taylor’s body. By the time he reached Gwinnett for another examination, he had already been autopsied. According to what our family observed and learned, there was a BLACK PLASTIC BAG over his head. He had not been sewn back together. There was blood on him.(But he supposedly hung himself.) His removed organs (EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM)were together in plastic bag diced up resting at his feet. And for approximately SEVEN DAYS, our family had been unable to account for where his body was. HIS HYOID BONE HAD BEEN REMOVED AND RETAINED AND WE BURIED HIM WITHOUT BEING NOTIFIED….despite the fact the autopsy report later claimed it was normal and in tact. So, why remove it? And even more so, WHY KEEP IT? We have repeatedly requested its return. We still don’t have it. Almost two years later, I still don’t have all of my son back. And material we saw beneath Taylor’s fingernails that we believed could have forensic significance was no longer available in its original condition after his hands were washed. You only get one untouched body. You only get one original death scene. Once evidence is LOST, DISCARDED, WASHED AWAY or DESTROYED— no second autopsy can put it back. So we asked for records. Investigative reports. Photographs. Witness statements. Communications. Staff rosters Emergency-response records. Evidence and chain-of-custody information. What did we get? A heavily redacted incident report and a handful of intake records. The rest has been withheld, declared exempt, said not to exist, or placed beyond our reach without a subpoena. And then something extraordinary happened. Taylor’s case was closed. We received his death certificate. Then I continued requesting the evidence underlying that conclusion. THE CASE WAS REOPENED WITH NO EXPLANATION DESPITE MY BEGGING. And an open investigation became another basis for withholding investigative records. Meanwhile, inmates have told us GBI investigators were at Rogers questioning inmates and strip-searching them while looking for injuries or wounds. Those are witness accounts. But if they are true— where are the investigative records? What were investigators looking for? What did they find? And why can’t Taylor’s family see it? We also on multiple occasions have formally requested a coroner’s inquest. No inquest has been held. So here is where Taylor’s family stands: We weren’t told how he died for five days. We were told there were no suicide notes—then alleged letters appeared that our family says Taylor didn’t write. We were told there was video of him throwing away all of his belongings before he killed himself (which they found safe and sound in the deputy warden’s office after my post on October 9th went viral)—we haven’t received it. The 911 caller reported CPR and an AED—the records we sought were said not to exist. His clothing was disposed of. Flex cuffs were retained. His hyoid was removed and still hasn’t been returned. We requested an inquest—none has been held. The case was closed, a death certificate was issued, and later the case was reopened while investigative records remained beyond our reach. And I am still HERE ASKING: WHAT HAPPENED TO MY SON? I am not asking you to believe me instead of the government. I am asking you to require the government to prove what it says. If Taylor died exactly as the State ultimately concluded— SHOW US THE EVIDENCE If the letters are his— AUTHENTICATE THEM. If the timeline is accurate— PRODUCE THE RECORDS If lifesaving measures occurred— SHOW US THE RECORDS. If every one of these questions has an innocent explanation— THEN TRANSPARENCY SHOULD PROVE IT. And there is an election coming. So I am asking every Georgian: Ask every candidate and every incumbent—regardless of party: What are you going to do about the people dying behind Georgia’s prison walls? Will you require transparency when someone dies in state custody? Will you require preservation of evidence? Will you support independent review? Will you protect the people who are still inside? And will you give their families answers? Don’t accept a talking point. Ask for a commitment. Ask them at campaign events. Call their offices. Write them. AND REMEMBER THEIR ANSWERS WHEN YOU VOTE. Taylor cannot request his records. Taylor cannot demand an inquest. Taylor cannot walk into the Capitol and demand answers. And Taylor cannot vote. BUT WE CAN! Families DESERVE to know how their loved ones died. They deserve the TRUTH. Those still behind those walls deserve PROTECTION. And TRANSPARENCY and ACCOUNTABILITY are not negotiable. My son’s name is TAYLOR ANTHONY HUNT. Remember his face. Remember his name. And when somebody asks for the PRIVILEGE OF GOVERNING THIS STATE— make them answer for what is happening inside its prisons. Truth for Taylor. Justice for those we’ve lost. Protection for those still inside. And ACCOUNTABILITY from those in power. SHARE THIS PLEASE. #TruthforTaylor #FollowTheEvidence #georgiacapitol #georgiaprison #prisonreform #deathsincustody #GovernmentTransparency"

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• OBSERVATION According to Facebook, Tyler Ryals Published: Aug 10, 2026
  Tyler Ryals, a former GDC officer, wrote on Facebook on August 10, 2026: "My name is Heather Hunt Fountain, and I am the mother of Taylor Anthony Hunt. Taylor was 29 years old. He was a father, a son, a grandson, and a veteran. On September 27, 2024, we were told Taylor had died while incarcerated at Rogers State Prison. But we weren’t told how. For five days, my family knew my son was dead without knowing how he died. Five days later, we were finally told two words: “A hanging.” Not “suicide.” Not “suicide by hanging.” “A hanging.” I didn’t begin with a theory. I began with questions. And almost two years later, I am still asking them. Today is Prisoners’ Justice Day, and Taylor is not the only reason I am speaking out today. In 2024, 332 people died in Georgia’s state correctional facilities. Three hundred and thirty-two human beings. Since 2020, over 1,900 people have died in GDOC custody. And I deliberately say deaths—not homicides—because I don’t want this conversation to depend upon what label the government puts beside someone’s name. Every one of those numbers represents somebody’s child, parent, brother, sister or spouse. And while people were dying at extraordinary levels, GDC actually stopped including the initial manner of death in the monthly mortality reports it had previously published. At the same time, the U.S. Department of Justice concluded that Georgia was failing to protect incarcerated people from widespread violence and harm. I have watch some our Georgia political leaders this month on the campaign trail speaking so eloquently as they are demanding transparency from the federal government and other political entities. So I went to the Georgia State Capitol today, with one question: Why do our leaders demand transparency from Washington while families like mine have to fight their own state government for it? Transparency cannot be something you believe in only when you’re demanding it from somebody else. Transparency begins at home. Let me tell you what that fight has looked like for my family. When we went to Rogers looking for answers, we were told: There were no suicide notes. We were told there was video showing Taylor throwing away his belongings before he killed himself. Later, alleged suicide letters appeared. And our family says those letters are not in Taylor’s handwriting. So independently authenticate them. Tell us where they were found, when they were found, who found them and who handled them. And explain why we were originally told there were no suicide notes. Then came October 9. That […]"

  "My name is Heather Hunt Fountain, and I am the mother of Taylor Anthony Hunt. Taylor was 29 years old. He was a father, a son, a grandson, and a veteran. On September 27, 2024, we were told Taylor had died while incarcerated at Rogers State Prison. But we weren’t told how. For five days, my family knew my son was dead without knowing how he died. Five days later, we were finally told two words: “A hanging.” Not “suicide.” Not “suicide by hanging.” “A hanging.” I didn’t begin with a theory. I began with questions. And almost two years later, I am still asking them. Today is Prisoners’ Justice Day, and Taylor is not the only reason I am speaking out today. In 2024, 332 people died in Georgia’s state correctional facilities. Three hundred and thirty-two human beings. Since 2020, over 1,900 people have died in GDOC custody. And I deliberately say deaths—not homicides—because I don’t want this conversation to depend upon what label the government puts beside someone’s name. Every one of those numbers represents somebody’s child, parent, brother, sister or spouse. And while people were dying at extraordinary levels, GDC actually stopped including the initial manner of death in the monthly mortality reports it had previously published. At the same time, the U.S. Department of Justice concluded that Georgia was failing to protect incarcerated people from widespread violence and harm. I have watch some our Georgia political leaders this month on the campaign trail speaking so eloquently as they are demanding transparency from the federal government and other political entities. So I went to the Georgia State Capitol today, with one question: Why do our leaders demand transparency from Washington while families like mine have to fight their own state government for it? Transparency cannot be something you believe in only when you’re demanding it from somebody else. Transparency begins at home. Let me tell you what that fight has looked like for my family. When we went to Rogers looking for answers, we were told: There were no suicide notes. We were told there was video showing Taylor throwing away his belongings before he killed himself. Later, alleged suicide letters appeared. And our family says those letters are not in Taylor’s handwriting. So independently authenticate them. Tell us where they were found, when they were found, who found them and who handled them. And explain why we were originally told there were no suicide notes. Then came October 9. That day, my Facebook post asking questions about Taylor’s death went viral. The purported letter from an inmate friend I received was postmarked October 9. And the incident report concerning Taylor’s September 27 death was also dated October 9(not filled out AT ALL until October 9th.) So I ask: Why October 9? I’m not asking you to accept my conclusion about what that means. I’m asking for an INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION that can determine what it means. Even the 911 call raises questions. Rogers is in Tattnall County. But the call went first to Bulloch County 911 and was transferred to Tattnall County. The caller said she was outside the prison. And she reported that CPR and an AED were being used on Taylor. So I requested the records documenting those lifesaving measures. AED data. Timestamps. Emergency-response records. Who performed CPR. Who operated the AED. We were told the records we requested DID NOT EXIST. How do lifesaving measures exist in the story— but not in the records? Other evidence raises questions too. Taylor’s white pants and white underwear were DISPOSED OF. FLEX CUFFS were retained. Why? When were they used? Who put them on him? Then there is what happened to Taylor’s body. By the time he reached Gwinnett for another examination, he had already been autopsied. According to what our family observed and learned, there was a BLACK PLASTIC BAG over his head. He had not been sewn back together. There was blood on him.(But he supposedly hung himself.) His removed organs (EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM)were together in plastic bag diced up resting at his feet. And for approximately SEVEN DAYS, our family had been unable to account for where his body was. HIS HYOID BONE HAD BEEN REMOVED AND RETAINED AND WE BURIED HIM WITHOUT BEING NOTIFIED….despite the fact the autopsy report later claimed it was normal and in tact. So, why remove it? And even more so, WHY KEEP IT? We have repeatedly requested its return. We still don’t have it. Almost two years later, I still don’t have all of my son back. And material we saw beneath Taylor’s fingernails that we believed could have forensic significance was no longer available in its original condition after his hands were washed. You only get one untouched body. You only get one original death scene. Once evidence is LOST, DISCARDED, WASHED AWAY or DESTROYED— no second autopsy can put it back. So we asked for records. Investigative reports. Photographs. Witness statements. Communications. Staff rosters Emergency-response records. Evidence and chain-of-custody information. What did we get? A heavily redacted incident report and a handful of intake records. The rest has been withheld, declared exempt, said not to exist, or placed beyond our reach without a subpoena. And then something extraordinary happened. Taylor’s case was closed. We received his death certificate. Then I continued requesting the evidence underlying that conclusion. THE CASE WAS REOPENED WITH NO EXPLANATION DESPITE MY BEGGING. And an open investigation became another basis for withholding investigative records. Meanwhile, inmates have told us GBI investigators were at Rogers questioning inmates and strip-searching them while looking for injuries or wounds. Those are witness accounts. But if they are true— where are the investigative records? What were investigators looking for? What did they find? And why can’t Taylor’s family see it? We also on multiple occasions have formally requested a coroner’s inquest. No inquest has been held. So here is where Taylor’s family stands: We weren’t told how he died for five days. We were told there were no suicide notes—then alleged letters appeared that our family says Taylor didn’t write. We were told there was video of him throwing away all of his belongings before he killed himself (which they found safe and sound in the deputy warden’s office after my post on October 9th went viral)—we haven’t received it. The 911 caller reported CPR and an AED—the records we sought were said not to exist. His clothing was disposed of. Flex cuffs were retained. His hyoid was removed and still hasn’t been returned. We requested an inquest—none has been held. The case was closed, a death certificate was issued, and later the case was reopened while investigative records remained beyond our reach. And I am still HERE ASKING: WHAT HAPPENED TO MY SON? I am not asking you to believe me instead of the government. I am asking you to require the government to prove what it says. If Taylor died exactly as the State ultimately concluded— SHOW US THE EVIDENCE If the letters are his— AUTHENTICATE THEM. If the timeline is accurate— PRODUCE THE RECORDS If lifesaving measures occurred— SHOW US THE RECORDS. If every one of these questions has an innocent explanation— THEN TRANSPARENCY SHOULD PROVE IT. And there is an election coming. So I am asking every Georgian: Ask every candidate and every incumbent—regardless of party: What are you going to do about the people dying behind Georgia’s prison walls? Will you require transparency when someone dies in state custody? Will you require preservation of evidence? Will you support independent review? Will you protect the people who are still inside? And will you give their families answers? Don’t accept a talking point. Ask for a commitment. Ask them at campaign events. Call their offices. Write them. AND REMEMBER THEIR ANSWERS WHEN YOU VOTE. Taylor cannot request his records. Taylor cannot demand an inquest. Taylor cannot walk into the Capitol and demand answers. And Taylor cannot vote. BUT WE CAN! Families DESERVE to know how their loved ones died. They deserve the TRUTH. Those still behind those walls deserve PROTECTION. And TRANSPARENCY and ACCOUNTABILITY are not negotiable. My son’s name is TAYLOR ANTHONY HUNT. Remember his face. Remember his name. And when somebody asks for the PRIVILEGE OF GOVERNING THIS STATE— make them answer for what is happening inside its prisons. Truth for Taylor. Justice for those we’ve lost. Protection for those still inside. And ACCOUNTABILITY from those in power. SHARE THIS PLEASE. #TruthforTaylor #FollowTheEvidence #georgiacapitol #georgiaprison #prisonreform #deathsincustody #GovernmentTransparency"

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• OBSERVATION According to Facebook (public comment, Georgia prison family group) Recorded by GPS: Sep 1, 2026
  Contraband surge in H building within a week of a publicized drone interdiction (Rogers State Prison) — A formerly incarcerated man says that less than a week after a drone was intercepted at Rogers State Prison, H building saw an influx of cell phones, marijuana, methamphetamine and strips. He offers his own inference that the drone bust functioned as a front. GPS enters the observed timing; the inference is the poster's.

  "the drone they busted i also think was a front because not even a week after the drone got busted there was an overflow of phones in H-building,weed,meth,strips etc"

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• OBSERVATION According to Facebook (public comment, Georgia prison family group) Recorded by GPS: Sep 1, 2026
  Understaffing and officer conduct — refusal to assist, provocation, "maybe you shouldn't have come to prison" (Rogers State Prison) — A formerly incarcerated man describes Rogers State Prison as badly understaffed, and says some officers were on a power trip, some refused to help when asked, and some would try to provoke prisoners at any opportunity. He gives the standard response to a request for help as: "maybe you shouldn't have come to prison."

  "Roger's state prison is way to understaffed some of the guards are on a power trip some guards refuse to help and some guards will try to provoke you any chance they get if someone needed help the anwser from a gaurd would be "maybe you shouldn't have come to prison""

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• WITNESS CLAIM According to Facebook (public comment, Georgia prison family group) Recorded by GPS: Sep 1, 2026
  Fan motor fire in H-2 attributed by maintenance to the motor, then charged to a prisoner — witness account (Rogers State Prison) — A formerly incarcerated man says a fan in H-2 malfunctioned and its motor caught fire, that all of H building was evacuated outside, and that the maintenance worker on scene confirmed to prisoners that the motor was the cause. He says the warden then arrived with a fire chief and the two discussed having to attribute the fire to someone, that prisoners watching objected because they had already been told the cause, and that later the same day a man was removed from H-2 and charged. The poster, housed in H-4, does not know his name and says he believes the man was wrongfully accused.

  "one day H-2 had a fan misfunction and the moter caught on fire in which all of H- building was taken outside and we watched the maintenance man look at it a few inmates asked if it was the moter which he replied yes then warden [name withheld by GPS] came on scene with the fire chief and they talked about how they had to blame someone in which us inmates called bullshit because we had been told what the issue was but later that day they found someone to blame and ge was taken out of H-2 I dont know his name i wish I did but he was wrongfully accused and charged I was in H-4"

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• OBSERVATION According to Facebook (public comment, Georgia prison family group) Recorded by GPS: Sep 1, 2026
  Callouts and yard access denied under lockdowns that are not actually in effect (Rogers State Prison, H building / "trackside") — A formerly incarcerated man says men housed on the "trackside" side of Rogers State Prison are issued callouts they rarely get to attend, with staff citing a lockdown he says is not actually happening, and that men housed in H building rarely receive a yard call to go outside.

  "another thing about trackside if your LO gets put on track side they are given callouts but rarely get to go to them due to some "lock down" that isn't happening and if your LO is in H building its rare to get a yard call to go outside"

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• FAMILY REPORT Received as Family or inmate communication Recorded by GPS: Jun 2, 2026
  Modified Lockdown Following Gang Violence

  "Just a POI = now theyve been on "modified lockdown" still from the Blood / GF battles and the stabbing of the guards at Rogers. Haven't heard anything about scabies recently. On Tue, Jun 2, 2026 at 11:10 AM GPS Advocate Network <team@mail.gps.press> wrote:"

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