Crossover Day

Every Door Locked: Innocent People Trapped in Georgia Prisons

Prison corridor with locked steel doors, cool blue-gray lighting with warm light filtering through a barred window — illustrating systemic barriers trapping innocent people in Georgia prisons

An estimated 2,500-5,000 innocent people sit in Georgia’s prisons with every avenue of relief locked shut. GPS investigation connects three systemic failures — the habeas corpus deadline, absent conviction integrity units, and ignored Supreme Court precedent — and calls on the General Assembly to act before Crossover Day.

Blackstone Is Dead: Georgia Abandoned American Justice

Crumbling marble courthouse pillar inscribed with JUSTICE, with broken golden scales of justice lying at its base and prison bars in the background, bathed in warm light

Georgia’s Chief Justice admits the post-conviction system is “broken.” But the IAC trap is just one lock on the door. Combined with the unconstitutional 4-year habeas deadline, no right to counsel, and restricted legal access, Georgia has built a machine that keeps thousands — including an estimated 2,600 to 5,275 innocent people — locked inside its deadliest prisons.

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