Georgia’s Incarceration Crisis by the Numbers: An Advocacy Toolkit for Reform
Georgia incarcerates 53,000 people while parole grants plummet 42%. This advocacy toolkit arms reformers with data, talking points, and strategies to fight back.
Georgia incarcerates 53,000 people while parole grants plummet 42%. This advocacy toolkit arms reformers with data, talking points, and strategies to fight back.
Georgia’s own officials document a prison infrastructure catastrophe: broken locks enabling violence, facilities at double capacity, and 80% staff vacancy rates. Here’s how advocates can use this evidence.
The DOJ calls Georgia’s prison healthcare “abhorrent” and “unconstitutional.” 330 people died in 2024. This toolkit gives advocates the data and strategy to demand change.
Nearly 50% of Georgia’s corrections officer positions are vacant. The DOJ confirms this leaves people unsupervised. Here’s how advocates can use this data to demand change.
Black Georgians are 31% of the population but 61% of state prisoners. This research compilation documents racial disparity at every stage of Georgia’s criminal justice system — and gives advocates the data to demand change.