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The Death of Habeas Corpus Is Killing Innocent People

Georgia's restriction on Habeas Corpus electively kills the 830 year writ

For 830 years, habeas corpus protected the innocent from unlawful imprisonment—until Georgia destroyed it. The 2004 four-year deadline traps wrongfully convicted people in a prison system that killed 100+ by homicide in 2024. The Great Writ is dead. The innocent are dying with it.

Separate the Gangs or Keep Burying the Dead

Empty corridor during extended lockdown

The DOJ told Georgia to separate gang members. Georgia refused. Now 100+ die annually. Arizona cut violence 50% with gang segregation. After the January 2026 Washington SP massacre killed 4, Georgia’s prisons remain on lockdown—but lockdowns don’t stop gang wars. They postpone them. Separate the gangs or keep burying the dead.

Does Georgia Profit from Inmate Deaths Through Insurance?

A social media claim suggests GDC profits from inmate deaths through insurance policies. While the “dead peasant insurance” scandal was real for corporations, no evidence supports this theory for prisons. The documented abuses are damning enough.

The Illusion of Parole

The Illusion of Parole

Analysis of 257,000 GDC records shows that 37% of Georgia parolees were released within 12 months of their max-out date. Lifers now serve 31 years before release—up from 12.5 years in 1992. The system preserves the appearance of clemency while systematically denying meaningful early release.

$700 Million More—And Nothing to Show for It

$700 Million spent, only body bags to show

Georgia added $700 million to its corrections budget between FY 2022 and FY 2026—the fastest spending growth in agency history. Prison homicides rose from 8 annually to 100 in 2024. Staffing remains 50-76% vacant. The DOJ found healthcare unconstitutional. The money bought nothing.

Georgia’s Shadow Sentencing System

GDC’s own data shows Georgia prisoners now serve 27% longer than a decade ago—not because of new laws, but because the Parole Board quietly curtailed releases. At $86.61 per day, this shadow sentencing system costs taxpayers over $1 billion annually.

Forced Criminality: Inside Georgia’s Prison Violence Factory

The DOJ documented 142 homicides in Georgia prisons from 2018-2023. GPS documented 100 homicides in 2024 alone—nearly triple the previous year.

This isn’t random violence. It’s the inevitable result of deliberate GDC policy:
→ Zero wages for prisoner labor
→ 1,200 calories/day (half what’s needed)
→ Ramen marked up 350% to $0.90
→ Ibuprofen marked up 1,076% to $4.00

The equation is impossible: You cannot earn money. The food provided cannot sustain life. The prices are unaffordable.

What would you do?

Kitchen workers steal food to survive. Prisoners make alcohol for $150/bottle. Gangs charge $0.90 for shower access. Underground “medics” treat stab wounds to hide violence from guards.

And GDC policy criminalizes ALL of it – even trading soup for clean laundry.

This is forced criminality: survival strategies the state makes mandatory, then punishes.

Read how Georgia’s zero-wage policy creates the violence it claims to address.

Georgia’s $40 Billion Mistake: How Bad Science and Federal Bribes Created a Constitutional Crisis

Georgia prison facility with statistics overlay showing 100 homicides and $40 billion spent

Georgia spent $40 billion on Truth in Sentencing laws that academic research proves make prisons deadlier and increase crime. The policies—rooted in the discredited “superpredator” myth and response to lead poisoning the government allowed for 70 years—created what the DOJ calls “among the most severe constitutional violations” nationwide. One hundred homicides occurred in Georgia prisons in 2024 alone. California and Mississippi reformed similar laws and achieved better safety outcomes at lower cost. The evidence for reform is overwhelming. The question is whether Georgia will act.