The Warden Shall Notify: Who Georgia’s Prisons Keep in the Dark, and the Law That Lets Them
A 1984 rule says the warden shall notify a prisoner’s family when he is badly hurt. Seven families since December 2024 found out from an intern, a contraband phone, other prisoners or Facebook. The Department told the men at Autry there was no outbreak. And the statute that makes every inmate file a state secret is missing the one sentence the Parole Board’s has.