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This is a summary of reporting published by scalawagmagazine.org on October 20, 2025. It was not written by Georgia Prisoners’ Speak. GPS tracks coverage of Georgia’s prison system so the record stays in one place. The full article is on scalawagmagazine.org’s own site.
A 2025 Department of Justice investigation concluded that conditions in Georgia’s state prisons violate the Eighth Amendment, citing systemic violence, decay, and staff shortages. The report documented 142 homicides from 2018 to 2023 and 150 inmate suicides from 2018 to 2022. Georgia Department of Corrections Commissioner Tyrone Oliver dismissed these deaths, stating, “One is bad. But it’s not as bad…
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