Five Questions for Georgia's Next Attorney General

Georgia reported 310 homicides in state and local custody, FY2020–2024, per DOJ data. We sent both AG nominees five questions. One answered. https://gps.press/five-questions-for-georgias-next-attorney-general/

Georgia Prisoners' Speak sent both nominees for Attorney General the same five questions, covering the Justice Department's 2024 findings on Georgia's prisons, deaths in custody, the Open Records Act, independent oversight, and procedural defenses in habeas cases. Sen. Brian Strickland answered by email on September 3. Rep. Tanya Miller sent no answers by the September 25 closing date. Georgia reported 310 homicides in state and local custody to the DOJ for fiscal years 2020 through 2024, and the Department of Corrections has not routinely disclosed causes of death since the end of 2021. If the person elected to oversee the state's legal positions won't answer these questions before the vote, what should that tell voters?

We sent both nominees for Georgia Attorney General the same five questions: the DOJ's 2024 findings on state prisons, deaths in custody, the Open Records Act, independent oversight, and procedural defenses in habeas cases. Sen. Brian Strickland answered on September 3. Rep. Tanya Miller sent no answers by the September 25 deadline. Georgia reported 310 homicides in state and local custody for FY2020–2024, per DOJ data. Read both responses, published unedited, at the link in bio. #GAPrisons #PrisonReform #GeorgiaPrisonerSpeak #OpenRecords #Accountability

Georgia Prisoners' Speak sent identical policy questionnaires to both nominees for Attorney General, covering the Justice Department's October 2024 findings that conditions in Georgia's prisons violate the Eighth Amendment, deaths in state custody, Open Records Act compliance, independent oversight of the prison system, and the State's use of procedural defenses in habeas corpus litigation. Republican Sen. Brian Strickland responded by email on September 3; Democratic Rep. Tanya Miller did not respond by the September 25 closing date. The responses are published in full, unedited, and side by side. For policy professionals and advocates, the record is the point: Georgia reported 310 homicides in state and local custody for fiscal years 2020 through 2024, the Department of Corrections has not routinely disclosed causes of death since the end of 2021, and the state has no independent oversight body for its prison system. The Attorney General's office advises agencies on the Open Records Act and represents the State in habeas litigation, so the next officeholder's positions on these questions carry direct consequences.