# GPS This Week — May 22–Jun 6, 2026 > ← All issues Over the last 14 days GPS published 18 articles — including the finale of the End the Warehouse series — sent 641 emails and 28 letters on behalf of people inside, and mailed 50 Tell My S… **Published**: 2026-06-07 **Source**: https://gps.press/newsletter/2026-06-07/ **Author**: GPS Staff --- [← All issues](https://gps.press/newsletter/#past-issues) Over the last 14 days GPS published 18 articles — including the finale of the End the Warehouse series — sent 641 emails and 28 letters on behalf of people inside, and mailed 50 Tell My Story postcards. ## Featured story Five new Tell My Story pieces went up this period, in the writers' own words — from a sunset glimpsed after a year ([Flying Into the Sun](https://gps.press/flying-into-the-sun/)) to brown recluse bites ([Spiders On The Inside](https://gps.press/spiders-on-the-inside/)) and a plea for justice ([A Plea for Justice](https://gps.press/a-plea-for-justice-one-prisoners-story/)). Have a story to tell, or a loved one inside who does? This is a great way to help legislators and media understand what’s really going on in Georgia’s prison system, justice system, and parole system. Start at [Tell My Story.](https://gps.press/tell-my-story/) ## From the Newsroom The End the Warehouse investigation reached its finale, [Reopen the Doors — Normalization](https://gps.press/reopen-the-doors-normalization/), the blueprint out. Earlier installments covered family contact ([The Last Thread](https://gps.press/the-last-thread/)), despair ([Social Death](https://gps.press/social-death/)), and Georgia's new OWL surveillance hub going live ([$150 Million to Watch Them Die](https://gps.press/georgia-owl-surveillance-goes-live/)). ## Articles published | | | --- | | [Reopen the Doors — Normalization](https://gps.press/reopen-the-doors-normalization/) Jun 5, 2026 The finale of End the Warehouse, and the blueprint out. | | [The Last Thread](https://gps.press/the-last-thread/) Jun 3, 2026 How Georgia rations family contact — the strongest predictor of going straight. | | [Flying Into the Sun](https://gps.press/flying-into-the-sun/) Jun 5, 2026 A sunset glimpsed again after a year inside. | | [Life Without God](https://gps.press/life-without-god/) Jun 5, 2026 On faith as a source of stability behind the walls. | | [Blue Duck](https://gps.press/blue-duck/) Jun 5, 2026 A moment of prison life at Georgia State Prison in the mid-1990s. | | [A Plea for Justice: One Prisoner's Story](https://gps.press/a-plea-for-justice-one-prisoners-story/) Jun 5, 2026 An appeal for justice and reform from inside. | | [Spiders On The Inside](https://gps.press/spiders-on-the-inside/) Jun 5, 2026 Brown recluse bites and the resourcefulness needed to survive them. | | [Social Death](https://gps.press/social-death/) May 31, 2026 The despair the state manufactures by policy and declines to count. | | [Officer Flowers](https://gps.press/officer-flowers/) May 30, 2026 Lockdown conditions at Georgia State Prison in 1994. | | [$150 Million to Watch Them Die: Georgia's OWL Surveillance Goes Live](https://gps.press/georgia-owl-surveillance-goes-live/) May 30, 2026 The first centralized real-time prison-surveillance hub in American corrections. | | [The Only Family Left](https://gps.press/the-only-family-left/) May 30, 2026 How the state manufactured the vacuum its gangs now fill. | | [The Existential Vacuum](https://gps.press/the-existential-vacuum/) May 28, 2026 The emptiness Georgia's prisons have built, and the doors bolted shut. | | [Zombie Dorms](https://gps.press/zombie-dorms/) May 25, 2026 What idleness manufactures when no one has a reason to stay sober. | | [Nothing to Do](https://gps.press/nothing-to-do/) May 24, 2026 How enforced idleness is precisely how rehabilitation fails. | | [The Flame](https://gps.press/the-flame/) May 23, 2026 How coercion and corruption enabled phone scam operations inside. | | [Who Are the Victims: The Statute That Erases Them](https://gps.press/who-are-the-victims-the-statute-that-erases-them/) May 23, 2026 The statute that bars prison-injury victims from compensation, and the fix. | | [On the Books Since 1897: The Separation Law Georgia Refuses to Enforce](https://gps.press/on-the-books-since-1897-the-separation-law-georgia-refuses-to-enforce/) May 22, 2026 Finishing the separation law already on the books. | | [Separate the Gangs. It Costs Nothing. Georgia Keeps Choosing the Bodies.](https://gps.press/separate-the-gangs-it-costs-nothing/) May 22, 2026 A sixth statewide lockdown, and the reform that costs almost nothing. | ## Mailings this period - 3 advocacy letters - 25 open records requests - 28 letters sent certified We also mailed 50 Tell My Story postcards to legislators. Be sure to tell your stories and experiences. Start at [https://gps.press/tellmystory](https://gps.press/tellmystory). ## Emails sent on your behalf 641 emails sent this period: - Legislative: 556 - Media: 36 - Open Records Requests: 27 - Advocacy: 22 ## New advocates 17 new subscribers joined this period. ## Explore GPS Two corners of GPS worth a look: **GDC Statistics Portal** Interactive dashboards that turn GDC's dense reports into plain numbers — population, deaths, parole, and drug data — updated within days of each official release. 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