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Credit: Sofi Gratas/GPB News Section Branding Header Content Too few guards and too many drones: Georgia prisons leaders alert lawmakers to dangers Primary Content LISTEN: While the number of prison guards in Georgia prisons is at a 15-year low, corrections officials say the number of people incarcerated in the state is at a 15-year high …
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Credit: Grant Blankenship/GPB News Section Branding Header Content Gov. Kemp recommends adding $372 million to shore up Georgia prisons Primary Content Gov. Brian Kemp has released his recommendations for strengthening Georgia’s struggling prison system, which include an additional $372 million in state spending. “We do realize and recognize that this is — I don’t know …
Section Branding Header Content State prisons chief pitches case for funding boost Primary Content ATLANTA — Georgia Department of Corrections officials began laying the groundwork Wednesday for an infusion of state funding to beef up staffing, replace aging infrastructure, and improve inmate health care. The state’s workforce of correctional officers plummeted during the COVID pandemic …
Credit: Grant Blankenship/GPB News Section Branding Header Content The federal Department of Justice: ‘deliberate indifference’ to violence in Georgia prisons Primary Content LISTEN: After a yearslong investigation, the Department of Justice says violence in Georgia prisons is at a “crisis level.” GPB’s Grant Blankenship reports. In a blistering, just-released report years in the making, the …
Credit: Stanley Dunlap/Georgia Recorder Section Branding Header Content Georgia prisons chief tells state lawmakers drones are smuggling deadly contraband into prisons Primary Content The Georgia Department of Corrections continues to struggle with an onslaught of drones that are being used to deliver contraband, such as drugs, cell phones, and potentially even the firearm used by …
Listen Listening… / GPB’s Peter Biello speaks with Brian Randolph, executive director of the Human and Civil Rights Coalition of Georgia, who has been tracking reports of deaths of incarcerated people. By: Listen Listening… LISTEN: GPB’s Grant Blankenship reports on the latest number of prison deaths from the Georgia Department of Corrections. — In the …