Dunked, Stacked, and Served: Why Georgia Prison Trays Are Making People Sick
Broken dishwashers and 30 years of deferred maintenance are making Georgia prisoners sick. Three prisons have failed health inspections.
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Johnson State Prison scored 64 out of 100 on food safety inspection — rats, roaches, and broken dishwashers feeding 1,563 people. Georgia spends $0.60 per meal while federal minimum is $10 per day. https://gps.press/dunked-stacked-and-served-why-georgia-prison-tray...
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Johnson State Prison scored 64 out of 100 on its latest food safety inspection — a failing grade. Inspectors found rats and roaches throughout the kitchen, broken equipment, and food contaminated with rodent droppings. But the report doesn't mention what sources tell GPS: the dishwashers broke years ago and were never replaced.
Instead of commercial sanitizing, kitchen workers dunk trays in chemical barrels and stack them wet. Georgia spends $0.60 per meal while the federal government considers $10 per day the bare minimum for adequate nutrition. How is this acceptable in 2025? https://gps.press/dunked-stacked-and-served-why-georgia-prison-trays-are-making-people-sick/
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Johnson State Prison — built for 751 people, now holding 1,563 at 208% capacity — scored 64 out of 100 on food safety inspection. Inspectors found rats, roaches, broken equipment, and food contaminated with rodent droppings. The 30-year-old dishwashers have broken down, so kitchen workers dunk trays in chemical barrels and stack them wet. Georgia spends $0.60 per meal while the federal minimum for adequate nutrition is $10 per day. People are getting sick, and the equipment that should sanitize their food trays broke years ago.
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New GPS investigation reveals the infrastructure crisis behind Georgia's prison food safety failures. Johnson State Prison scored 64 out of 100 on food safety inspection — below the 70-point passing threshold. While inspectors documented rats, roaches, and contaminated food, they missed the critical detail: 30-year-old dishwashing machines have broken down entirely.
Kitchen workers now sanitize trays by dunking them in chemical barrels — no hot wash cycle, no sanitizing temperatures, no proper drying. Georgia spends $0.60 per meal compared to the federal minimum of $10 per day for adequate nutrition. This represents a systemic failure of infrastructure investment and oversight that creates constitutional violations documented by the Department of Justice. https://gps.press/dunked-stacked-and-served-why-georgia-prison-trays-are-making-people-sick/