Georgia forces incarcerated people to work for zero pay, then charges their families markups up to 1,150% on necessities. GPS maps the full extraction system.
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 prisons are at double capacity with 80% staff vacancies. The DOJ, a Senate committee, and the Governor’s own assessors all confirm a system in crisis. Here’s what reporters need to know.
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.
