# GPS This Week — Apr 25 – May 9, 2026

> ← All issuesGPS This WeekApr 25 – May 9, 2026 · Georgia Prisoners' SpeakThree investigations published, 355 emails sent, and 48 pieces of mail delivered in the past 14 days.Articles PublishedWhen the …

**Published**: 2026-05-10
**Source**: https://gps.press/newsletter/2026-05-10/
**Author**: GPS Staff

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| | | | --- | | GPS This Week Apr 25 – May 9, 2026 · Georgia Prisoners' Speak | | Three investigations published, 355 emails sent, and 48 pieces of mail delivered in the past 14 days. | | Articles Published \| \| \| --- \| \| [When the Heat Comes for the Old: Georgia's Aging Prisoners Brace for Another Deadly Summer](https://gps.press/when-the-heat-comes-for-the-old-georgias-aging-prisoners-brace-for-another-deadly-summer/) May 3, 2026 Three of Georgia's 35 prisons are fully air-conditioned. More than 13,000 incarcerated Georgians are 50 or older. As another deadly summer arrives — and federal courts call prison heat unconstitutional — Georgia's aging prisoners are stacked into uncooled dorms with no published heat ceiling. \| \| [One Justice, One Year: How Georgia Erased a 146-Year Rule](https://gps.press/one-justice-one-year-how-georgia-erased-a-146-year-rule/) May 3, 2026 · No Way Out, Part 3 In 2008, the Georgia Supreme Court 4–3 confirmed that defendants could challenge a void conviction under a statute Georgia had carried since 1863. Fourteen months later, after one justice retired, a new 4–3 majority erased the rule. Same statute. Same words. Different result. \| \| [Burned by the State: Junk Forensic Science and the Georgia Cases the Courts Won't Reopen](https://gps.press/burned-by-the-state-junk-forensic-science-and-the-georgia-cases-the-courts-wont-reopen/) Apr 29, 2026 · No Way Out, Part 2 Maria Montalvo, Sheila Denton, Dasha Fincher: across arson, bite marks, and field drug tests, junk forensic science continues to convict the innocent. Georgia is the national outlier — and almost nothing in state law lets the courts correct the record. \| | | [When the Heat Comes for the Old: Georgia's Aging Prisoners Brace for Another Deadly Summer](https://gps.press/when-the-heat-comes-for-the-old-georgias-aging-prisoners-brace-for-another-deadly-summer/) May 3, 2026 Three of Georgia's 35 prisons are fully air-conditioned. More than 13,000 incarcerated Georgians are 50 or older. As another deadly summer arrives — and federal courts call prison heat unconstitutional — Georgia's aging prisoners are stacked into uncooled dorms with no published heat ceiling. | | [One Justice, One Year: How Georgia Erased a 146-Year Rule](https://gps.press/one-justice-one-year-how-georgia-erased-a-146-year-rule/) May 3, 2026 · No Way Out, Part 3 In 2008, the Georgia Supreme Court 4–3 confirmed that defendants could challenge a void conviction under a statute Georgia had carried since 1863. Fourteen months later, after one justice retired, a new 4–3 majority erased the rule. Same statute. Same words. Different result. | | [Burned by the State: Junk Forensic Science and the Georgia Cases the Courts Won't Reopen](https://gps.press/burned-by-the-state-junk-forensic-science-and-the-georgia-cases-the-courts-wont-reopen/) Apr 29, 2026 · No Way Out, Part 2 Maria Montalvo, Sheila Denton, Dasha Fincher: across arson, bite marks, and field drug tests, junk forensic science continues to convict the innocent. Georgia is the national outlier — and almost nothing in state law lets the courts correct the record. | | Mailings This Period **48 pieces mailed** — 42 letters, 6 postcards — across 6 Food Wave 2 campaigns. \| \| \| \| \| --- \| --- \| --- \| \| Campaign \| Pieces \| Format \| \| Food Wave 2 — National Coalition — Faith-National \| 11 \| Letter \| \| Food Wave 2 — National Coalition — Federal \| 9 \| Letter \| \| Food Wave 2 — National Coalition — State Oversight \| 8 \| Letter \| \| Food Wave 2 — National Coalition — Foundations \| 7 \| Letter \| \| Food Wave 2 — National Coalition — Standards & Medical \| 7 \| Letter \| \| Food Wave 2 — National Coalition — Prison-Town Press \| 6 \| Postcard \| | | Campaign | | Food Wave 2 — National Coalition — Faith-National | | Food Wave 2 — National Coalition — Federal | | Food Wave 2 — National Coalition — State Oversight | | Food Wave 2 — National Coalition — Foundations | | Food Wave 2 — National Coalition — Standards & Medical | | Food Wave 2 — National Coalition — Prison-Town Press | | Emails Sent on Your Behalf **355 emails** delivered this period: - 304 advocacy emails to legislators - 29 food safety journalist outreach emails - 22 welcome emails to new advocates | | New Advocates 21 new advocates joined the GPS Action Network this period. | | The GPS Team · [accountability@gps.press](mailto:accountability@gps.press) Georgia Prisoners' Speak · [gps.press](https://gps.press) | |
| GPS This Week Apr 25 – May 9, 2026 · Georgia Prisoners' Speak |
| Three investigations published, 355 emails sent, and 48 pieces of mail delivered in the past 14 days. |
| Articles Published | | | --- | | [When the Heat Comes for the Old: Georgia's Aging Prisoners Brace for Another Deadly Summer](https://gps.press/when-the-heat-comes-for-the-old-georgias-aging-prisoners-brace-for-another-deadly-summer/) May 3, 2026 Three of Georgia's 35 prisons are fully air-conditioned. More than 13,000 incarcerated Georgians are 50 or older. As another deadly summer arrives — and federal courts call prison heat unconstitutional — Georgia's aging prisoners are stacked into uncooled dorms with no published heat ceiling. | | [One Justice, One Year: How Georgia Erased a 146-Year Rule](https://gps.press/one-justice-one-year-how-georgia-erased-a-146-year-rule/) May 3, 2026 · No Way Out, Part 3 In 2008, the Georgia Supreme Court 4–3 confirmed that defendants could challenge a void conviction under a statute Georgia had carried since 1863. Fourteen months later, after one justice retired, a new 4–3 majority erased the rule. Same statute. Same words. Different result. | | [Burned by the State: Junk Forensic Science and the Georgia Cases the Courts Won't Reopen](https://gps.press/burned-by-the-state-junk-forensic-science-and-the-georgia-cases-the-courts-wont-reopen/) Apr 29, 2026 · No Way Out, Part 2 Maria Montalvo, Sheila Denton, Dasha Fincher: across arson, bite marks, and field drug tests, junk forensic science continues to convict the innocent. Georgia is the national outlier — and almost nothing in state law lets the courts correct the record. | |
| [When the Heat Comes for the Old: Georgia's Aging Prisoners Brace for Another Deadly Summer](https://gps.press/when-the-heat-comes-for-the-old-georgias-aging-prisoners-brace-for-another-deadly-summer/) May 3, 2026 Three of Georgia's 35 prisons are fully air-conditioned. More than 13,000 incarcerated Georgians are 50 or older. As another deadly summer arrives — and federal courts call prison heat unconstitutional — Georgia's aging prisoners are stacked into uncooled dorms with no published heat ceiling. |
| [One Justice, One Year: How Georgia Erased a 146-Year Rule](https://gps.press/one-justice-one-year-how-georgia-erased-a-146-year-rule/) May 3, 2026 · No Way Out, Part 3 In 2008, the Georgia Supreme Court 4–3 confirmed that defendants could challenge a void conviction under a statute Georgia had carried since 1863. Fourteen months later, after one justice retired, a new 4–3 majority erased the rule. Same statute. Same words. Different result. |
| [Burned by the State: Junk Forensic Science and the Georgia Cases the Courts Won't Reopen](https://gps.press/burned-by-the-state-junk-forensic-science-and-the-georgia-cases-the-courts-wont-reopen/) Apr 29, 2026 · No Way Out, Part 2 Maria Montalvo, Sheila Denton, Dasha Fincher: across arson, bite marks, and field drug tests, junk forensic science continues to convict the innocent. Georgia is the national outlier — and almost nothing in state law lets the courts correct the record. |
| Mailings This Period **48 pieces mailed** — 42 letters, 6 postcards — across 6 Food Wave 2 campaigns. | | | | | --- | --- | --- | | Campaign | Pieces | Format | | Food Wave 2 — National Coalition — Faith-National | 11 | Letter | | Food Wave 2 — National Coalition — Federal | 9 | Letter | | Food Wave 2 — National Coalition — State Oversight | 8 | Letter | | Food Wave 2 — National Coalition — Foundations | 7 | Letter | | Food Wave 2 — National Coalition — Standards & Medical | 7 | Letter | | Food Wave 2 — National Coalition — Prison-Town Press | 6 | Postcard | |
| Campaign |
| Food Wave 2 — National Coalition — Faith-National |
| Food Wave 2 — National Coalition — Federal |
| Food Wave 2 — National Coalition — State Oversight |
| Food Wave 2 — National Coalition — Foundations |
| Food Wave 2 — National Coalition — Standards & Medical |
| Food Wave 2 — National Coalition — Prison-Town Press |
| Emails Sent on Your Behalf **355 emails** delivered this period: - 304 advocacy emails to legislators - 29 food safety journalist outreach emails - 22 welcome emails to new advocates |
| New Advocates 21 new advocates joined the GPS Action Network this period. |
| The GPS Team · [accountability@gps.press](mailto:accountability@gps.press) Georgia Prisoners' Speak · [gps.press](https://gps.press) |

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