Georgia has only 3 Conviction Integrity Units covering 3 of 159 counties, while wrongful imprisonment costs taxpayers $75,000/year per person in compensation liability alone.
An estimated 2,500 innocent people are imprisoned in Georgia. With 51 documented exonerations and a new $75,000/year compensation law, the fiscal and human costs demand legislative action.
Georgia pays incarcerated workers nothing, saving an estimated $180–400M+ annually while extracting $60M+ from families through commissary markups. Eight states have begun reform. Georgia has not.
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.
Private prison healthcare contractors produce 18–58% higher death rates. Georgia faces mounting fiscal and constitutional exposure from a system that costs lives and taxpayer dollars.
Georgia’s prison commissary system extracts an estimated $8–15 million annually from incarcerated families through a two-tier markup scheme. Generic ibuprofen: 833–1,150% over retail. Tampons: 183–254%. A June 2025 contract renewal creates an immediate reform opportunity.
Georgia’s corrections budget surged 44% to $1.62B as parole releases collapsed 42% and 301 people died in custody in 2025. The data demands legislative action.
Georgia runs the nation’s largest felony probation system at 191,000 people. Incarceration costs 27.7x more than supervision. SB 105 could save $34M annually.
Georgia spends $5.3B yearly on law enforcement and corrections while Black residents—31% of the population—make up 61% of state prisoners. Data shows compounding racial disparities at every system stage.
Georgia released 42% fewer people on parole in FY24 than five years ago, despite a 72% success rate and $343M in annual savings. Life-sentenced people now serve 29.2 years on average.
