GPS Intelligence System

Accountability data on Georgia's prison system. Facilities, leadership, deaths, lawsuits, and the patterns connecting them.

About the Intelligence System

The GPS Intelligence System collects, organizes, and cross-references information about Georgia's prison system from multiple verified sources. Each intelligence page is built from original source material and updated regularly as new information becomes available.

Our sources include:

News coverage from Georgia media outlets and national publications
Court filings, DOJ reports, and legal proceedings
GDC's own statistical reports (weekly, monthly, annual)
Academic research on incarceration, health, and reform
Firsthand accounts from incarcerated people and their families
Public records and government accountability filings

Data panels update in real-time from our databases. Click "Learn More" on any page section for deeper analysis with full source attribution.

Browse Intelligence

System-Wide

GDC Overview

Complete overview of Georgia's prison system — death trends, violence patterns, medical failures, legal exposure, and reform efforts.

Facilities

Browse by Facility

Intelligence profiles for individual GDC facilities — incidents, deaths, lawsuits, conditions, staffing.

Personnel

GDC Leadership Accountability

200+ wardens and deputy wardens cross-referenced against deaths and federal lawsuits. Per-person profiles document tenure-window incidents.

For Legislators

Legislative Brief

Fiscal impact, reform opportunities, comparison to other states, and policy recommendations.

For Media

Media Brief

Unreported patterns, data discrepancies, story leads, and investigative starting points.

For Advocates

Advocate Brief

Action items, facility-specific concerns, advocacy resources, and family support information.

Research

Research Wiki

Academic research and data analysis on incarceration, health, reform models, and policy.

Ask Lighthouse AI

Ask questions about Georgia's prison system and get answers sourced from our intelligence databases.

Browse by Issue

Vision 2027

A three-bill reform package targeting Georgia’s broken post-conviction system: habeas corpus deadline repeal, conviction integrity units, and ineffective assistance of counsel reform.

End the Warehouse

A comprehensive plan to transform Georgia’s prison system from warehousing to rehabilitation — litigation strategy, policy reform, and a roadmap for constitutional compliance.

GDC Budget

Where Georgia’s $1.77 billion corrections budget goes — program-by-program spending, year-over-year trends, and what taxpayers are paying for.

Deaths in Custody 298

Tracking every death in Georgia’s prison system. GPS independently investigates and classifies cause of death where GDC will not.

Facility Conditions 248

Crumbling infrastructure, overcrowding, unsanitary living conditions, and the constitutional violations they represent.

Family Communication 93

How GDC fails to notify families of injuries and deaths, and the barriers that separate incarcerated people from their loved ones.

Legal Access 211

Barriers to courts, broken post-conviction appeals, and how Georgia’s system traps people even when evidence of innocence exists.

Legal Settlements & Lawsuits 75

Taxpayer-funded payouts for wrongful deaths, civil rights violations, and the legal consequences of institutional neglect.

Medical Neglect 46

Preventable deaths, denied treatment, and the billion-dollar private healthcare contracts that prioritize profit over patient care.

Mental Health 4

Inadequate treatment, dangerous housing conditions, and a crisis-level shortage of mental health professionals behind the walls.

Oversight & Investigations 270

Federal findings, DOJ investigations, legislative inquiries, and the agencies responsible for holding GDC accountable.

Prison Nutrition in Georgia

GDC's FY2024–FY2027 food line-item budget runs about $31 million per year — approximately $0.54 per meal across a 52,753-person population, less than 15% of the American Correctional Association's $3.66-per-meal benchmark. This page documents that gap and what incarcerated people actually receive in its place.