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They Told the People in Charge. Then They Left.

Former Georgia prison officers, sergeants and supervisors say the same thing on the record: they warned the people in charge, the answer was paperwork, and the ones who wouldn’t sign it left. A federal judge found false records. The state’s own payroll shows the exodus.

The Georgia Prison Commander Who Warned the State

Tyler Ryals rose to emergency-response commander across three Georgia prisons, then warned leadership in a sworn statement that conditions were unconstitutional. Twelve days later the state marked him “resigned.” Two months after that, the DOJ agreed with him.