# Board of Corrections meeting, September 30, 2026 (Valdosta): slides, Board packet and agenda

- Agency: Georgia Department of Corrections
- Requested by: Georgia Prisoners' Speak
- Request: R033095-110726
- Filed: 2026-11-07
- Status: Fulfilled (All three items released November 9, 2026: the slides (38 pages), the full Board packet (68 pages) and the agenda (1 page). Nothing was withheld.)
- Cost: $0.00 (No fee was charged.)
- Page: https://gps.press/records/r033095-110726/

We asked the Georgia Department of Corrections for what was presented to the Board of Corrections at its public meeting of September 30, 2026 in Valdosta: every slide, the packet given to Board members, and the agenda. GDC released all three two days later, at no charge. They include GDC's count of validated gang members (security threat groups): 15,020 statewide (30.61%) on one slide and 15,732 (32%) in the October 2026 overview, 3,253 among FY26 admissions, and 678 at Valdosta State Prison (61.64% of the people held there). Also: the Commissioner's data update (beds, jail backlog, admissions, contraband, staffing), the Valdosta State Prison update (population, gang groups, staffing and vacancies, medical and food service contracts, projects) and an education update. GDC lists the Bloods as separate sets; by GDC's own Nation labels, Blood sets total 3,683 statewide (more than the 3,481 Gangster Disciples) and 174 at Valdosta.

## Documents

| Document | Kind | Received | File |
|---|---|---|---|
| [Slides shown to the Board of Corrections, September 30, 2026](https://gps.press/wp-content/uploads/public-records/r033095-110726/GDC-BOC-2026-09-30-slides.pdf) | As released by the agency | 2026-11-09 | 38 p., 6.1 MB |
| [Full Board packet, September 30, 2026](https://gps.press/wp-content/uploads/public-records/r033095-110726/GDC-BOC-2026-09-30-board-packet.pdf) | As released by the agency | 2026-11-09 | 68 p., 27.6 MB |
| [Agenda, September 30, 2026](https://gps.press/wp-content/uploads/public-records/r033095-110726/GDC-BOC-2026-09-30-agenda.pdf) | As released by the agency | 2026-11-09 | 1 p., 215 KB |
| [Gang members by nation, Bloods combined (GPS totals, CSV)](https://gps.press/wp-content/uploads/public-records/r033095-110726/GDC-BOC-2026-09-30-gangs-by-nation-GPS-totals.csv) | Prepared by GPS | 2026-11-09 | 3 KB |
| [Gang (security threat group) figures (CSV)](https://gps.press/wp-content/uploads/public-records/r033095-110726/GDC-BOC-2026-09-30-gangs-STG.csv) | Prepared by GPS | 2026-11-09 | 36 KB |
| [Valdosta State Prison figures (CSV)](https://gps.press/wp-content/uploads/public-records/r033095-110726/GDC-BOC-2026-09-30-valdosta-state-prison.csv) | Prepared by GPS | 2026-11-09 | 75 KB |
| [Statewide figures (CSV)](https://gps.press/wp-content/uploads/public-records/r033095-110726/GDC-BOC-2026-09-30-statewide.csv) | Prepared by GPS | 2026-11-09 | 138 KB |
| [Every value in the slides, packet and agenda (CSV)](https://gps.press/wp-content/uploads/public-records/r033095-110726/GDC-BOC-2026-09-30-all-data.csv) | Prepared by GPS | 2026-11-09 | 250 KB |
| [Every value (JSON)](https://gps.press/wp-content/uploads/public-records/r033095-110726/GDC-BOC-2026-09-30-all-data.json) | Prepared by GPS | 2026-11-09 | 508 KB |
| [Slide-by-slide transcription](https://gps.press/wp-content/uploads/public-records/r033095-110726/GDC-BOC-2026-09-30-slides-transcription.txt) | Prepared by GPS | 2026-11-09 | 31 KB |
| [Board packet transcription (pages not in the slides)](https://gps.press/wp-content/uploads/public-records/r033095-110726/GDC-BOC-2026-09-30-board-packet-transcription.txt) | Prepared by GPS | 2026-11-09 | 75 KB |

## What we asked for

> Records presented to the Board of Corrections at its public meeting of September 30, 2026, at Wiregrass Technical College in Valdosta. The Board's published summary of that meeting says Commissioner Oliver's report included the Commissioner's Dashboard, a Data Update, a Valdosta State Prison Update and an Education Update.
> 
> 1. The slide presentation or presentations shown at that meeting, every slide, including the Commissioner's Dashboard, the Data Update, the Valdosta State Prison Update and the Education Update, in the electronic form in which they are kept (for example, PowerPoint or PDF).
> 
> 2. The Board packet or other written materials given to Board members for that meeting.
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> 3. The agenda for that meeting.
> 
> These materials were presented at a meeting open to the public. Please provide them electronically. If any record or portion is withheld, please identify the specific exemption for each, as O.C.G.A. 50-18-71(d) requires. We agree to fees up to $25; please let us know before exceeding that amount.
> 
> In plain terms, what we are looking for: copies of the slides shown to the Board of Corrections at its September 30, 2026 meeting in Valdosta, including the Commissioner's data update and the update on Valdosta State Prison, and the packet Board members received for that meeting.

## What happened

- 2026-11-07: Request filed through GDC's Open Records Center. GDC acknowledged it the same day and gave it reference number R033095-110726.
- 2026-11-09: GDC released the slides, the full Board packet and the agenda through the Records Center, at no charge.

Records requested under the Georgia Open Records Act (O.C.G.A. § 50-18-70 et seq.), by Georgia Prisoners' Speak or, where a page says so, by another person or group who shared them with GPS. Documents marked "as released" are posted exactly as the agency released them. Files marked "prepared by GPS" are GPS's own compilations of those documents, made for convenience; where they differ, the released document governs. A request is published here when GPS cites it or when its records are useful to readers; records about individual deaths are published on GPS's mortality pages, not here.