The DOJ found Georgia violates the Eighth Amendment. 142 people killed, 50%+ officer vacancies, over 27,000 weapons recovered. Here’s how advocates can use this landmark report.
The DOJ found Georgia prisons violate the Constitution. 142 people killed in six years, 50%+ staff vacancy rates, and zero compliant sexual abuse investigations. Here’s how advocates can use this landmark report.
Georgia’s four-year habeas deadline costs taxpayers $105,000+ per year per wrongfully imprisoned person. Every recent Georgia exoneration exceeded the deadline. Major states impose no such limit.
Drug overdose deaths in Georgia prisons surged 2,350% while GDC concealed at least 44 deaths through systematic misclassification. A new GPS report documents the crisis.
An estimated 2,500 innocent people are imprisoned in Georgia. A GPS analysis documents 610 years of wrongful imprisonment, systemic racial disparities, and the state failures driving wrongful convictions.
142 people killed. A five-fold surge in homicides. Georgia’s broken prison classification system places people in the wrong facilities — and the DOJ calls it among the worst it has ever seen.
Georgia’s broken classification system drives a five-fold increase in prison homicides while wasting millions on misallocated housing. DOJ calls violations ‘among the most severe’ ever found.
Georgia’s prison sorting system is broken. 142 people killed in 6 years. Half of guard jobs empty. The DOJ calls it among the worst it has ever seen.
DOJ declares Georgia prison healthcare ‘unconstitutional’ as 330 people died in custody in 2024. The state tripled its undercount of killings, per federal investigators.
DOJ finds Georgia prison healthcare “unconstitutional.” 330 people died in 2024 while spending hit $72M. Aging population drives $85M annual burden. Evidence-based reforms could save tens of millions.