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...
Starved and Silenced: The Hidden Crisis Inside Georgia Prisons
“My son went in weighing 180 pounds. Now he looks like he belongs in a concentration camp.”Across Georgia’s prisons, men and women are wasting away — surviving on a few spoonfuls of grits, bologna, and moldy air. The Department of...
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...
Why Families Must Fight FCC Prison Jammers Now
📢 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 Hidden Violence in Georgia’s Prisons: Beyond the Death Toll
For every person killed in Georgia’s prisons, as many as 12 to 18 others are stabbed, slashed, or beaten so severely they require hospitalization. In 2024, that means nearly 1,200 men and women left with permanent scars, organ loss, or...
Slavery by Another Name: Forced Labor in Georgia Prisons
Slavery never ended in Georgia—it just changed names. Today, thousands of incarcerated people are forced to work for free sustaining state agencies and private corporations under threat of punishment. This is slavery by another name...
Stop the Silence: Why Georgia Must Legalize and Monitor Cell Phones in Prisons
Georgia already bought the tech to control prison cellphones. MAS can register and monitor devices, protect victims, and flag real crime—without illegal jamming or silencing families. It’s time to use MAS to supervise phones, not push them underground...
A Constitutional Betrayal: Georgia’s Deadline on Freedom
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...
Why Georgia Hasn’t Had Its Attica—Yet
Despite horrific conditions, Georgia’s prisons haven’t erupted like Attica—yet. Fear, fragmentation, and surveillance suppress rebellion, but pressure is building. This exposé examines why no major uprising has happened, and what must change before one does...