Georgia must fix prison corruption crisis – from the AJC editorial board – AJC.com
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Georgia must fix prison corruption crisis – from the AJC editorial board AJC.com
On the face of it, the mission of the Georgia Department of Corrections seems simple enough: “To protect Georgians by operating secure facilities and providing opportunities for offender rehabilitation.” But, as our investigation has revealed, the very opposite is happening. The department – and the state that funds it – have failed miserably. Our series …
Georgia prison system clamps down on information that could expose critical problems AJC.com
Georgia prison system clamps down on information that could expose critical problems AJC.com
As the Georgia Department of Corrections has seen record numbers of deaths from homicides, suicides and drug overdoses since 2020, it has tightened its grip on information about its prisons. Two such efforts made headlines. For six months, the GDC fought a subpoena from the U.S. Department of Justice for records related to the government’s …
Kingpins operate from inside Georgia prisons AJC.com
Man gets life in prison for killing acquaintance outside Peachtree City CVS AJC.com
Feds: For more than a decade, Georgia prison gang carried out murders, assaults AJC.com
Feds: For more than a decade, Georgia prison gang carried out murders, assaults In spite of being locked up in Georgia’s state prisons, members of the Sex Money Murder gang and their associates carried out a series of murders, brutal assaults, and fraud and drug-trafficking operations, according to a federal indictment announced Monday in Atlanta …
Ex-Georgia Tech official sentenced to prison, ordered to pay $1.9 million AJC.com