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JSON format available: https://gps.press/research-data/?format=json ------------------------------------------------------------ PUBLISHED COLLECTIONS (39) ------------------------------------------------------------ * Georgia\'s $600 Million Prison Spending Infusion: An Accountability Analysis URL: https://gps.press/research-data/georgias-600-million-prison-spending-infusion-an-accountability-analysis/ Topic: Budget & Spending Accountability Research Date: 2026-03-14 Data Points: 82 Summary: This GPS research brief analyzes approximately $634 million in new Georgia corrections spending approved in 2025—the largest in state history—finding that not a single measurable outcome improved * The Case for Decarceration in Georgia: An Evidence Base URL: https://gps.press/research-data/the-case-for-decarceration-in-georgia-an-evidence-base/ Topic: Decarceration & Population Reduction Research Date: 2026-03-14 Data Points: 57 Summary: This GPS policy brief presents the affirmative case for reducing Georgia's prison population by 20%, drawing on national evidence that decarceration does not increase crime and state-level case studie * 2026 Georgia Statewide Candidates: Criminal Justice & Prison Reform Positions URL: https://gps.press/research-data/2026-georgia-statewide-candidates-criminal-justice-prison-reform-positions/ Topic: 2026 Elections & Criminal Justice Research Date: 2026-03-14 Data Points: 38 Summary: This GPS voter education guide analyzes criminal justice and prison reform positions of 30+ candidates in Georgia's 2026 statewide races (Governor, Lt. Governor, Attorney General). The guide finds tha * Georgia\'s Broken Post-Conviction System: Sanders v. State, Habeas Corpus Suspension, Wrongful Conviction & Legislative Reform URL: https://gps.press/research-data/georgias-broken-post-conviction-system-sanders-v-state-habeas-corpus-suspension-wrongful-conviction-legislative-reform/ Topic: Post-Conviction Reform / Wrongful Conviction Research Date: 2026-03-10 Data Points: 91 Summary: Georgia enacted the Wrongful Conviction and Incarceration Compensation Act (SB 244) on May 14, 2025, becoming the 39th state to provide standardized compensation for exonerees at $75,000 per year of w * Gang Separation as Violence Reduction Strategy: Georgia vs. Other States URL: https://gps.press/research-data/gang-separation-as-violence-reduction-strategy-georgia-vs-other-states/ Topic: Gang Management / Violence Reduction Research Date: 2026-03-08 Data Points: 85 Summary: This GPS investigative research brief examines the critical failure of Georgia's prison system to implement gang separation strategies that have proven effective in other states like Texas, Arizona, a * False Allegations and Wrongful Convictions in Sexual Assault Cases: A Research Compilation URL: https://gps.press/research-data/false-allegations-and-wrongful-convictions-in-sexual-assault-cases-a-research-compilation/ Topic: Wrongful Conviction Research Date: 2026-03-06 Data Points: 52 Summary: This GPS research compilation synthesizes leading studies on false allegations and wrongful convictions in sexual assault cases, revealing wrongful conviction rates estimated at 11.6–15% for rape ca * GDC Overwatch & Logistic (OWL) Unit Command Center: Technology, Surveillance & Budget Analysis URL: https://gps.press/research-data/gdc-overwatch-logistic-owl-unit-command-center-technology-surveillance-budget-analysis/ Topic: Conditions & Operations Research Date: 2026-03-03 Data Points: 83 Summary: Georgia is constructing the OWL (Overwatch & Logistic) Unit Command Center, a first-of-its-kind centralized prison surveillance system integrating drone detection radar, managed access cell phone * Georgia’s Convict Leasing Program: Historical Origins and Modern Prison Labor (1866–Present) URL: https://gps.press/research-data/georgias-convict-leasing-program-historical-origins-and-modern-prison-labor-1866present/ Topic: Demographics & Context Research Date: 2026-03-02 Data Points: 142 Summary: Georgia's continuous system of forced prison labor spans nearly 160 years, tracing an unbroken line from chattel slavery through convict leasing, chain gangs, and into the present day. Beginning just * Georgia Department of Corrections Budget FY2026-FY2027 URL: https://gps.press/research-data/georgia-department-of-corrections-budget-fy2026-fy2027-2/ Topic: Budget, Policy & Sentencing Research Date: 2026-02-28 Data Points: 53 Summary: The Governor's Budget Report for Georgia's Department of Corrections details budgets for Amended FY 2026 and FY 2027, revealing total department funding approaching $1.8 billion with the largest incre * Georgia\'s Parole System: Denial Rates, Life Sentences & Fiscal Impact URL: https://gps.press/research-data/georgias-parole-system-denial-rates-life-sentences-fiscal-impact/ Topic: Budget, Policy & Sentencing Research Date: 2026-02-28 Data Points: 96 Summary: The Georgia State Board of Pardons and Paroles FY 2024 Annual Report details a continued decline in parole releases (5,443 in FY24, down 42% from FY19's 9,455), while the agency touts a 72% successful * Innocent People in Georgia Prisons: The Scope and Scale of Wrongful Conviction URL: https://gps.press/research-data/innocent-people-in-georgia-prisons-the-scope-and-scale-of-wrongful-conviction/ Topic: Wrongful Conviction Research Date: 2026-02-27 Data Points: 53 Summary: This document examines the scope of wrongful conviction in Georgia, estimating approximately 2,500 innocent people are currently imprisoned in a state with the fourth-highest prison population nationa * Conviction Integrity Units: A Pathway to Justice in Georgia URL: https://gps.press/research-data/conviction-integrity-units-a-pathway-to-justice-in-georgia/ Topic: Wrongful Conviction Research Date: 2026-02-27 Data Points: 41 Summary: This document analyzes the state of Conviction Integrity Units (CIUs) in Georgia, finding that only 3 of 159 counties have CIUs, leaving the vast majority of the state without prosecutorial mechanisms * The Unconstitutional Suspension of Habeas Corpus in Georgia: The Four-Year Limitation URL: https://gps.press/research-data/the-unconstitutional-suspension-of-habeas-corpus-in-georgia-the-four-year-limitation/ Topic: Legal & Constitutional Research Date: 2026-02-27 Data Points: 36 Summary: This document analyzes Georgia's 2004 statute (O.C.G.A. § 9-14-42) imposing a four-year limitation on felony habeas corpus petitions, arguing it constitutes an unconstitutional suspension of habeas c * Georgia Department of Corrections: Budget & Spending Trends FY2022-FY2027 URL: https://gps.press/research-data/georgia-department-of-corrections-budget-spending-trends-fy2022-fy2027/ Topic: Budget, Policy & Sentencing Research Date: 2026-02-27 Data Points: 108 Summary: This compilation documents a dramatic escalation in Georgia Department of Corrections spending from FY2022 through FY2027, with total budgets rising from approximately $1.1 billion to nearly $1.8 bill * Georgia Survivor Justice Act (HB 582): Resentencing Rights, Legal Resources, and Support Organizations for Incarcerated DV Survivors URL: https://gps.press/research-data/georgia-survivor-justice-act-hb-582-resentencing-rights-legal-resources-and-support-organizations-for-incarcerated-dv-survivors/ Topic: Legal & Constitutional Research Date: 2026-02-26 Data Points: 50 Summary: This GPS research brief comprehensively documents the Georgia Survivor Justice Act (HB 582), signed into law on May 12, 2025, which creates legal pathways for incarcerated domestic violence survivors * Racial Disparities in Georgia\'s Criminal Justice System URL: https://gps.press/research-data/racial-disparities-in-georgias-criminal-justice-system/ Topic: Demographics & Context Research Date: 2026-02-25 Data Points: 127 Summary: This research compilation documents pervasive racial disparities across Georgia's criminal justice system, drawing from the Prison Policy Initiative, Vera Institute of Justice, Council of State Govern * 2024 Georgia Senate Study Committee Report on Prison Conditions URL: https://gps.press/research-data/2024-georgia-senate-study-committee-report-on-prison-conditions-4/ Topic: Conditions & Operations Research Date: 2026-02-25 Data Points: 125 Summary: The Georgia Senate SR 570 Study Committee conducted five meetings in 2024 examining the safety and welfare of individuals in Georgia Department of Corrections facilities. Key findings include a system * GDC Staffing Crisis: Vacancy Rates, Turnover & Workforce Challenges URL: https://gps.press/research-data/gdc-staffing-crisis-vacancy-rates-turnover-workforce-challenges/ Topic: Conditions & Operations Research Date: 2026-02-24 Data Points: 59 Summary: This compilation documents Georgia Department of Corrections' severe staffing crisis, with nearly 50% of correctional officer positions vacant system-wide and eight facilities exceeding 70% vacancy ra * Prison Healthcare & Medical Neglect: Constitutional Standards, Privatization Failures, and Systemic Crisis URL: https://gps.press/research-data/prison-healthcare-medical-neglect-constitutional-standards-privatization-failures-and-systemic-crisis/ Topic: Healthcare & Deaths Research Date: 2026-02-21 Data Points: 45 Summary: This document synthesizes constitutional standards, privatization failures, and systemic crisis in prison healthcare, drawing on multiple research sources from 2020-2025. Key findings include that fac * Prison Mortality & Deaths in Custody: Data Gaps, Misclassification, and Accountability Failures URL: https://gps.press/research-data/prison-mortality-deaths-in-custody-data-gaps-misclassification-and-accountability-failures/ Topic: Healthcare & Deaths Research Date: 2026-02-21 Data Points: 42 Summary: This document comprehensively examines prison mortality data gaps, cause-of-death misclassification, and accountability failures at both federal and state levels. Key findings include massive underrep * Brown v. Plata: The Legal Blueprint for Court-Ordered Prison Population Reduction URL: https://gps.press/research-data/brown-v-plata-the-legal-blueprint-for-court-ordered-prison-population-reduction-3/ Topic: Legal & Constitutional Research Date: 2026-02-21 Data Points: 67 Summary: Brown v. Plata (2011) is the landmark Supreme Court case affirming court-ordered prison population reduction as a constitutional remedy for Eighth Amendment violations caused by overcrowding in Califo * Prison Classification Systems & Violence: Misclassification, Overclassification, and Safety Failures URL: https://gps.press/research-data/prison-classification-systems-violence-misclassification-overclassification-and-safety-failures/ Topic: Conditions & Operations Research Date: 2026-02-21 Data Points: 56 Summary: This GPS research document comprehensively examines prison classification systems, documenting how both overclassification and underclassification drive violence, waste resources, and violate constitu * Families as the Hidden Tax Base: How Incarceration Costs Are Shifted to Families URL: https://gps.press/research-data/families-as-the-hidden-tax-base-how-incarceration-costs-are-shifted-to-families/ Topic: Money & Exploitation Research Date: 2026-02-21 Data Points: 108 Summary: This GPS research document quantifies how mass incarceration shifts enormous financial costs onto families, estimating the total annual burden at nearly $350 billion—almost four times the $89 billio * EIGHTH AMENDMENT STANDARDS & EVOLVING CASE LAW URL: https://gps.press/research-data/eighth-amendment-standards-evolving-case-law-2/ Topic: Legal & Constitutional Research Date: 2026-02-21 Data Points: 89 Summary: Georgia's prison system operates under legal standards that systematically shield officials from accountability while leaving incarcerated people vulnerable to violence, sexual abuse, and medical negl * Georgia Prison Conditions & Infrastructure: Facility Failures and the $600M Plan URL: https://gps.press/research-data/georgia-prison-conditions-infrastructure-facility-failures-and-the-600m-plan/ Topic: Conditions & Operations Research Date: 2026-02-20 Data Points: 50 Summary: This research compilation documents the severe infrastructure crisis across Georgia's prison system, drawing on DOJ findings (October 2024), Governor Kemp's $600M+ remediation plan (January 2025), and * Georgia Prison Drug Research URL: https://gps.press/research-data/georgia-prison-drug-research-2/ Topic: Healthcare & Deaths Research Date: 2026-02-19 Data Points: 94 Summary: Georgia’s prison system is saturated with illicit drugs despite being ostensibly drug-free, driven by a multi-layered contraband pipeline that includes corrupt correctional officers, drone smuggling * Georgia Incarceration Trends: Population, Demographics & National Context URL: https://gps.press/research-data/georgia-incarceration-trends-population-demographics-national-context/ Topic: Demographics & Context Research Date: 2026-02-18 Data Points: 77 Summary: This research compilation provides a comprehensive overview of Georgia's incarceration trends and population data from multiple authoritative sources, revealing a system holding approximately 53,000 p * Georgia Probation & Community Supervision: Reform, Costs & Outcomes URL: https://gps.press/research-data/georgia-probation-community-supervision-reform-costs-outcomes/ Topic: Budget, Policy & Sentencing Research Date: 2026-02-17 Data Points: 33 Summary: Georgia operates the largest felony probation system in the nation with 191,000 individuals under felony probation and 528,000 under total criminal justice supervision. Significant racial disparities * Recidivism & Reentry Failures in Georgia URL: https://gps.press/research-data/recidivism-reentry-failures-in-georgia/ Topic: Demographics & Context Research Date: 2026-02-02 Data Points: 111 Summary: Georgia's prison system releases 14,000 to 16,000 people annually into communities with minimal support, yet the state reports a three-year felony reconviction rate of just 25–27 percent — a figur * Prison Healthcare & Mental Health Crisis in Georgia URL: https://gps.press/research-data/prison-healthcare-mental-health-crisis-in-georgia/ Topic: Healthcare & Deaths Research Date: 2026-02-02 Data Points: 49 Summary: This research compilation documents a severe healthcare and mental health crisis in Georgia's prison system, highlighting that 330 people died in Georgia prisons in 2024, the DOJ characterized medical * Prison Communications & Financial Exploitation: The Extraction Economy Behind Bars URL: https://gps.press/research-data/prison-communications-financial-exploitation-the-extraction-economy-behind-bars/ Topic: Money & Exploitation Research Date: 2026-02-01 Data Points: 153 Summary: Georgia's prison communications system is a $1.4 billion national extraction economy concentrated in the hands of two companies—Securus Technologies and ViaPath Technologies—that together control * Prison Labor & Wage Exploitation in Georgia URL: https://gps.press/research-data/prison-labor-wage-exploitation-in-georgia/ Topic: Money & Exploitation Research Date: 2026-02-01 Data Points: 111 Summary: Georgia operates a systematic labor extraction economy that has persisted for 160 years by adapting its mechanisms of coercion rather than abolishing them. The state compels approximately 47,000 to 53 * DOJ Investigation of Georgia Prisons: Violence, Safety & Constitutional Violations URL: https://gps.press/research-data/doj-investigation-of-georgia-prisons-violence-safety-constitutional-violations/ Topic: Legal & Constitutional Research Date: 2026-01-30 Data Points: 172 Summary: This document is from the U.S. Department of Justice's investigation into Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC) prisons, finding systemic constitutional violations including broken security infrastr * Staffing Crisis & Correctional Officer Turnover URL: https://gps.press/research-data/staffing-crisis-correctional-officer-turnover/ Topic: Conditions & Operations Research Date: 2026-01-01 Data Points: 193 Summary: Georgia's prison system has entered what independent consultants call "emergency mode," with understaffing now functioning as the primary driver of an unprecedented surge in prison violence and death. * Solitary Confinement & Restrictive Housing URL: https://gps.press/research-data/solitary-confinement-restrictive-housing/ Topic: Conditions & Operations Research Date: 2026-01-01 Data Points: 114 Summary: Georgia's Special Management Unit represents one of the most extreme examples of prolonged solitary confinement in the United States, with 78 percent of its 182 prisoners held in isolation for more th * Georgia’s Prison Commissary Extraction Machine URL: https://gps.press/research-data/georgias-prison-commissary-extraction-machine/ Topic: Money & Exploitation Research Date: 2025-11-20 Data Points: 131 Summary: Georgia's prison commissary system systematically extracts an estimated $8-15 million annually from incarcerated people and their families through a coordinated two-tier markup scheme that charges inm * Lead poisoning drove America\\\'s crime epidemic URL: https://gps.press/research-data/lead-poisoning-drove-americas-crime-epidemic/ Topic: Demographics & Context Research Date: 2025-10-23 Data Points: 160 Summary: Between 1960 and 1991, U.S. violent crime rates nearly quintupled, rising from 160.9 to 758.1 per 100,000. This explosion was driven substantially by childhood lead exposure from leaded gasoline, whic * Prison Malnutrition Crisis: Health Costs, Violence, and Economic Impact URL: https://gps.press/research-data/prison-malnutrition-crisis-health-costs-violence-and-economic-impact/ Topic: Healthcare & Deaths Research Date: 2025-07-20 Data Points: 75 Summary: Executive Summary: Prison Malnutrition Crisis The U.S. prison system faces a severe malnutrition crisis that drives escalating healthcare costs while simultaneously undermining prisoner health and * Truth in Sentencing & Fiscal Impact: The $40 Billion Story URL: https://gps.press/research-data/truth-in-sentencing-fiscal-impact-the-40-billion-story/ Topic: Money & Exploitation Research Date: N/A Data Points: 110 Summary: Georgia's embrace of truth-in-sentencing policies in the 1990s exemplifies a catastrophic fiscal miscalculation at the state level: the federal government offered $82.2 million in Violent Offender Inc