Georgia dismantled 13 years of court-ordered prison reform using an administrative loophole. The same constitutional violations found in the 1970s reappeared system-wide by 2024.
A 1972 lawsuit forced Georgia to reform its worst prison. A 1996 law let the state walk away. By 2024, the same problems were back — and people were dying.
Georgia provides zero trained legal assistance to people in prison and fails to maintain even its inadequate law libraries. This advocacy guide equips organizers with the data and strategy to pass the Georgia Post-Conviction Justice Act.
Georgia guarantees people in prison just 2 hours per week of law library access — with no legal help. COVID eliminated even that for nearly 4 years. The DOJ never investigated.
Georgia provides only 2 hours/week of law library access with no legal assistance — and even that is routinely denied. A post-conviction counsel program costing less than 0.6% of GDC’s budget could fix this.
Georgia’s own rules promise 2 hours of library time a week — but people report getting 30 minutes every two weeks. No lawyers. No trained helpers. A fix costs less than 0.6% of the prison budget.
Georgia spent $600M+ as prison homicides surged 1,150%. New evidence brief argues only a 20% population reduction can resolve the constitutional crisis — and save up to $350M annually.
Georgia spent $700 million more on prisons since 2022. Deaths went up, guards quit, buildings crumbled. Here’s what the money bought — and what it didn’t.
Georgia knows who its 15,000 gang members are — and houses them without regard to who will kill whom. Other states cut violence in half with separation. Here’s how to demand Georgia act.
Georgia’s prisons hit a historic death toll in 2024 while the state ignores gang separation strategies that cut violence 50%+ elsewhere. A new GPS brief asks why.