Georgia’s 52.5% correctional officer vacancy rate and 82.7% first-year attrition have driven prison homicides from 8-9 per year to 66 in 2024. Here’s how advocates can use this data.
Georgia recorded 66 prison homicides in 2024 — a sevenfold increase — while half of all guard positions sit empty. The state ranks dead last in correctional officer pay.
Georgia’s 52.5% guard vacancy rate fuels a sevenfold rise in prison killings. The state pays guards the least in the nation, and 82.7% of new hires quit within a year.
