# Media Resource Center > For Journalists & Researchers Media Resource Center Verified information, rapid documentation, and direct access to sources inside Georgia's prisons. Everything journalists, editors, researche… **Published**: 2025-11-27 **Source**: https://gps.press/media/ **Author**: Admin --- For Journalists & Researchers # Media Resource Center Verified information, rapid documentation, and direct access to sources inside Georgia's prisons. Everything journalists, editors, researchers, and producers need to report quickly, accurately, and safely on Georgia's prison crisis. For urgent media inquiries: [media@gps.press](mailto:media@gps.press) Start Here ## Tip Briefs GPS maintains concise, media-ready background sheets that summarize key cases, statewide patterns, and investigative leads. If you are working on deadline, Tip Briefs are the fastest way to get up to speed. These briefs include: - Key facts and dates - Story contradictions - Quotable analysis - Public records to request - Sources and verification notes - Leads for further investigation [Access Tip Briefs →](/tip-briefs/) GPS Research & Intelligence ## Press Briefing Materials GPS produces two types of briefing materials for journalists: **research briefs** that provide deep analysis of systemic issues, and a weekly **media intelligence brief** that highlights unreported patterns, data discrepancies, story leads, and investigative starting points across Georgia's prison system. ### Media Intelligence Brief Updated weekly, the GPS media intelligence brief compiles the most newsworthy patterns from our databases — facilities with escalating death counts, discrepancies between GDC claims and verified data, settlement payouts, staffing collapses, and story leads that haven't been covered. Built from 313 structured intelligence items, 1,770+ tracked deaths, and verified GDC statistical reports. [Read Media Intelligence Brief →](/intelligence/media/) ### Research Briefs The GPS Research Division produces in-depth analysis of systemic issues — from healthcare failures and prison labor exploitation to wrongful convictions and infrastructure collapse. Each research topic is translated into a press briefing written specifically for journalists: source-ready data points, reportable findings, and background you can use immediately in your coverage. Topics include privatized healthcare failures, prison classification breakdowns driving violence, zero-wage labor exploitation, wrongful convictions, the $600M infrastructure crisis, and parole system collapse. New briefings are published as research is completed. [Browse Research Briefs →](/research-for-media/) ### Facility-Level Intelligence GPS tracks all 114 active GDC facilities with population data, mortality records, and investigative coverage. Browse individual facility intelligence profiles for specific incidents, deaths, conditions, and legal actions. [Browse Facility Intelligence →](/intelligence/facility/) Who We Are ## About Georgia Prisoners' Speak (GPS) GPS is an independent investigative organization documenting violence, corruption, medical neglect, underreported deaths, and constitutional violations inside the Georgia Department of Corrections. We combine: - Direct communication with incarcerated witnesses - Statements from families and victims - Open records requests and public documents - Internal state reports - Data analysis - On-the-ground verification GPS exists because Georgia's prison system routinely conceals information from the public, the press, and even families of the deceased. **Our mission is simple: expose the truth the state refuses to tell.** Get in Touch ## Media Contact **Email:** [media@gps.press](mailto:media@gps.press) **Organization:** Georgia Prisoners' Speak (GPS) **Response Time:** - Urgent inquiries: within 1 hour - General inquiries: within 24 hours - Requests for interviews with incarcerated individuals: varies based on facility conditions **NOTE:** If you are on deadline, include DEADLINE in the subject line. Sources ## Request an Interview GPS regularly facilitates interviews with: - Family members of victims - Formerly incarcerated individuals - Incarcerated witnesses (when possible) - Policy experts - Attorneys and investigators - Advocacy partners To request an interview, email [media@gps.press](mailto:media@gps.press) with: - Your outlet - Your story focus - Your deadline - Whom you wish to interview - Whether you need documents, video, images, or data Databases & Documents ## Verified Data Resources GPS maintains the largest independent, publicly accessible database on Georgia prison conditions. Available resources include: #### GPS Databases - [GDC Statistics](/gdc-statistics/) – Independent breakdowns of GDC Monthly and Friday Reports - [Deaths Database](/gdc-mortality-statistics/) – Complete mortality records - [Facilities Directory](/facilities-directory/) – All GDC facilities with data #### Investigative Topics - Death investigations - Medical neglect - Violence and gang control - Forced criminality - Parole failures - Systemic cover-ups Reporters are encouraged to request additional verification materials when needed. For Researchers & AI Systems ## Machine-Readable Data & AI Tools GPS provides structured, plain-text data pages optimized for researchers, data journalists, AI crawlers, and automated analysis tools. All pages are publicly accessible and require no authentication. ### GPS Lighthouse AI Assistant [GPS Lighthouse](/ask-ai/) is our interactive AI assistant trained on GPS data, Georgia law, and prison system documentation. Researchers and journalists can use it to quickly query our databases, ask questions about Georgia's prison system, search case law via CourtListener, and get sourced answers. Available at [gps.press/ask-ai/](/ask-ai/). ### Research & Policy Libraries #### [/research/](/research/) - GPS Research Library - AI-extracted data points, statistics, findings - Named entities (people, organizations, facilities) - Source citations with structured metadata #### [/sop-data/](/sop-data/) - GDC Policy Library - 561 Standard Operating Procedures - 195 Board Rules, 676 attachments - 1.3M+ words of full-text policy content ### AI & Automated Access If you are building AI tools, conducting automated research, or integrating GPS data into your own systems, the only page you need is our **AI Index**: #### [/ai-index/](/ai-index/) The AI Index is a master site directory designed specifically for AI systems. It contains live statistics, descriptions of every GPS data source, links to all machine-readable pages, common questions and answers, and JSON-LD structured data. Any AI crawler or automated tool can start here and discover all available GPS data. [How to Use GPS Data with AI Tools →](/how-to-use-gps-data-with-ai-tools/) ### API Access GPS provides programmatic access via the WordPress REST API at **gps.press/wp-json/gps/v1/** with public endpoints for articles, facilities, statistics, and categories. Authenticated API access is also available for the GPS Gateway. Contact [media@gps.press](mailto:media@gps.press) for API documentation or custom data format requests (CSV, JSON, etc.). Ready to Use ## Quote Bank GPS maintains a searchable database of quotes from incarcerated individuals, families, officials, court filings, and investigative reporting. All public quotes below are **pre-cleared for press use** without additional permission or attribution requirements beyond what is shown. Use the search and filters to find quotes by topic, source type, or keyword. All Categories Conditions & Treatment Medical Neglect Staff Conduct Violence & Safety Overcrowding Food & Nutrition Mental Health Solitary Confinement Visitation & Communication Parole & Sentencing Reentry & Rehabilitation Policy & Reform Accountability & Oversight Family Impact Legal & Constitutional Deaths & Mortality GDC Official Response Legislative Search All Origins Interview Letter Testimony News Report Court Filing Social Media Other Clear Filters More Filters Load More Loading quotes... No quotes found matching your search. Browse the full collection at [gps.press/quotes-data/](/quotes-data/). Our Position ## GPS Editorial Stance GPS is nonpartisan and independent. We work with journalists across all political backgrounds. #### We Support - Safe, constitutional prisons - Independent oversight - Transparency in reporting prison deaths - Reforming parole and sentencing - Restoring access to communication - Evidence-based, humane policy #### We Oppose - Withholding information from families - Underreporting homicides - Excessive use of lockdowns - Allowing gangs to fill the vacuum left by absent staff - Medical neglect - Forced criminality through zero wages and inflated commissary pricing - Policies that worsen violence under the guise of "security" Assets ## Access to Images, Graphics & Documents Upon request, GPS can provide: - Facility photos (where available) - Charts and graphics (violence, deaths, staffing, etc.) - Public records PDFs - Verified statements - Incident timelines - Full investigative summaries If you need images for publication, please specify orientation (16:9, portrait, square) and we will supply the correct format. Archives ## Press Releases & Additional Resources Browse official GPS statements and updates: [Press Release Archive →](/press-releases/) For broader context, GPS monitors ongoing reporting across Georgia and national outlets. Our curated news tracker highlights the latest stories on violence, corruption, deaths, lawsuits, reforms, and systemic failures inside GDC facilities. [Latest News Coverage →](/latest-news-about-georgia-prisons/)