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.
DOJ finds Georgia prisons violate the Constitution: 142 people killed in six years, officer vacancy rates above 50%, and systemic failures across staffing, security, and investigations.
DOJ finds Georgia prisons unconstitutionally dangerous: 142 people killed in six years, CO vacancy rates above 50%, and a $1.2 billion budget failing to provide basic safety.
DOJ finds Georgia violates the constitutional rights of nearly 50,000 incarcerated people: 142 killed in six years, guard posts half-empty, and zero sexual abuse investigations met federal standards.
DOJ finds Georgia prisons violate the Constitution: 142 people killed in 6 years, 50%+ staff vacancies, and $1.2B budget failing to protect nearly 50,000 people.
The DOJ found Georgia prisons violate the Constitution. 142 people killed in 6 years. Half of guard jobs are empty. Violence is constant and unchecked.
Christian Krauch was tortured for three weeks at Macon State Prison in June 2024 — bound, stabbed, burned, and left under a bunk while GDC submitted 168 phantom inmate counts. He lost his right hand and leg to amputation. The state said nothing. No arrests were made.
Georgia’s prison system is collapsing. With 100+ homicides in 2024, record deaths, DOJ findings of unconstitutional conditions, and $700 million in new spending that failed to improve safety, decarceration is no longer optional. Evidence from New York, California, and Europe proves it works.
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 doesn’t treat dental disease in prison.
It removes teeth.
Extraction replaces fillings. Waiting lists replace care. Commissary replaces basic supplies. And the damage follows people home long after their sentence ends.
This is healthcare as punishment.