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In-depth reporting on Georgia’s prison crisis — data-driven investigations, policy analysis, and the stories that need to be told.

Georgia’s Cell Phone Crackdown: Security or Silence?

...(MAS) • Creates a controlled network inside the prison, allowing only approved devices to function. All unauthorized phones are blocked from connecting. 🔹 Beacon Technology • Detects and disables contraband cellphones when they enter a restricted area. 🔹 Geolocation-Based...

Punishment for Profit: How Georgia’s Justice System Makes Millions

In Georgia, being poor, mentally ill, or struggling with addiction isn’t just hard—it’s a crime. Instead of offering help, the justice system funnels thousands into prison for minor offenses, all while private companies and politicians profit. It’s not about safety—it’s about money...

Georgia Prison Population vs. Capacity: 2025 Data

Georgia's prisons face severe overcrowding and staffing shortages in 2025, impacting inmate safety and rehabilitation efforts...

Left for Dead: The Tragic Story of Jamie Shahan

Jamie Shahan was sentenced to five years, but at Washington State Prison, his punishment became a death sentence in everything but name. Beaten, hospitalized, and left on life support—his mother fights for answers while the prison covers its tracks. How much more suffering will Georgia’s prison system ignore?...

From Kangaroo Courts to Chaos: Georgia’s Prison Crisis

Georgia’s prison system isn’t failing by accident—it’s built for brutality, where violence thrives, and justice is just a myth.

Violence is ignored, gang control is unchecked, and the disciplinary system punishes the weak while protecting the strong. Inmates who report attacks are thrown into solitary, while their attackers remain free.

The Department of Corrections refuses to enforce its own policies, allowing chaos to thrive. This must change.

Learn how Georgia’s prisons create violence instead of preventing it—and how you can help demand reform...

A Simple Message for the GDC

🚨 Want to immediately reduce violence in Georgia prisons? Separate gangs, bring back tablets, provide daily yard time, end triple bunking, fix the food, and indict in-prison murders. Until this happens, the bloodshed will continue. #PrisonReform ...

Buried Alive: Innocent and Sentenced to Life in Prison

Mario Navarrete wasn’t the killer—but Georgia sentenced him to life anyway. No evidence. No intent. Just being there. This is how Georgia’s justice system buries the innocent. #FreeMario #JusticeForMario...

Guilty Until Proven Innocent: You WILL be Found Guilty

1 out of every 7 adults in Georgia are convicted felons. With the highest felony conviction rate in the nation, this isn’t just a statistic—it’s a warning sign. Something is terribly wrong with Georgia’s justice system...

Former Inmates Share Life Inside Georgia Prisons

Explore the dire conditions within Georgia's prisons, revealing systemic failures that impact inmate safety, health, and rehabilitation efforts...

Violence And Corruption Unleashed: The Truth About Washington SP

Behind the towering walls of Washington State Prison lies a hidden world of chaos and corruption, where gang leaders wield unchecked power, contraband flows freely, and those entrusted with maintaining order blur the line between authority and complicity. The murder of Dontavis Carter on January 7 is not just a singular tragedy but a haunting reflection of a system in crisis—a system where violence thrives, silence is coerced, and justice lies abandoned, much like the cracked gavel in the shadows of this forgotten institution...

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