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
GDC Overview
Complete overview of Georgia's prison system — death trends, violence patterns, medical failures, legal exposure, and reform efforts.
Updated Jun 8, 2026 FacilitiesBrowse by Facility
Intelligence profiles for individual GDC facilities — incidents, deaths, lawsuits, conditions, staffing.
Updated Jun 7, 2026 PersonnelGDC Leadership Accountability
200+ wardens and deputy wardens cross-referenced against deaths and federal lawsuits. Per-person profiles document tenure-window incidents.
OversightWho Answers for the Dead
The Board of Corrections, GDC administration, and Parole Board — each official’s name, salary, and the deaths in custody during their tenure.
Written Jun 7, 2026 For LegislatorsLegislative Brief
Fiscal impact, reform opportunities, comparison to other states, and policy recommendations.
Written Jun 7, 2026 For MediaMedia Brief
Unreported patterns, data discrepancies, story leads, and investigative starting points.
Written Jun 7, 2026 For AdvocatesAdvocate Brief
Action items, facility-specific concerns, advocacy resources, and family support information.
ResearchResearch Wiki
Academic research and data analysis on incarceration, health, reform models, and policy.
AIAsk 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.
Written Jun 7, 2026End 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.
Written Jun 7, 2026GDC Budget
Where Georgia’s $1.77 billion corrections budget goes — program-by-program spending, year-over-year trends, and what taxpayers are paying for.
Written Jun 7, 2026Deaths in Custody 298
Tracking every death in Georgia’s prison system. GPS independently investigates and classifies cause of death where GDC will not.
Written Jun 8, 2026Facility Conditions 248
Crumbling infrastructure, overcrowding, unsanitary living conditions, and the constitutional violations they represent.
Written Jun 7, 2026Family Communication 93
How GDC fails to notify families of injuries and deaths, and the barriers that separate incarcerated people from their loved ones.
Written Jun 7, 2026Legal Access 211
Barriers to courts, broken post-conviction appeals, and how Georgia’s system traps people even when evidence of innocence exists.
Written Jun 7, 2026Legal Settlements & Lawsuits 46
Taxpayer-funded payouts for wrongful deaths, civil rights violations, and the legal consequences of institutional neglect.
Written Jun 8, 2026Medical Neglect 46
Preventable deaths, denied treatment, and the billion-dollar private healthcare contracts that prioritize profit over patient care.
Written Jun 7, 2026Mental Health 4
Inadequate treatment, dangerous housing conditions, and a crisis-level shortage of mental health professionals behind the walls.
Written Jun 8, 2026Oversight & Investigations 270
Federal findings, DOJ investigations, legislative inquiries, and the agencies responsible for holding GDC accountable.
Written Jun 7, 2026Prison Nutrition in Georgia
Georgia spends roughly $1.62 per person per day on prison meals—under 55 cents per meal—while incarcerated people report chronic hunger, rodent‑gnawed food, sewage‑backed kitchens, and commissary markups that turn hunger into a revenue stream. GPS investigations and public records show a system where kitchens fail heal
Written Jun 7, 2026Retaliation 21
How prisoners who report abuse, file grievances, or cooperate with investigators face punishment instead of protection.
Written Jun 7, 2026Scores Without Sanitation
Georgia DPH food-safety scores for prison kitchens reflect a single announced walkthrough, not what arrives on the tray. This analysis examines the failing scores, the repeat-violation pattern, and the inmate accounts that contradict high scores at facilities like Baldwin and Central State Prisons.
Written Jun 7, 2026Sexual Abuse
Documented patterns of staff-on-prisoner sexual abuse confirmed by DOJ findings and federal investigations.
Written Jun 7, 2026Solitary Confinement
Extended isolation, punitive lockdowns, and the documented physical and psychological harm of restrictive housing.
Written Jun 7, 2026Staff Misconduct 23
Officer abuse, corruption, contraband smuggling, evidence destruction, and failures of internal accountability.
Written Jun 7, 2026Staffing Crisis 76
Officer vacancies at crisis levels, mandatory overtime, dangerous ratios, and how understaffing drives every other problem.
Written Jun 7, 2026Violence & Safety 139
Record homicide rates, gang violence, and the systemic failures that make Georgia’s prisons among the deadliest in America.