Legionella

The Warden Shall Notify: Who Georgia’s Prisons Keep in the Dark, and the Law That Lets Them

A 1984 rule says the warden shall notify a prisoner’s family when he is badly hurt. Family after family since December 2024 found out instead from an intern, a contraband phone, other prisoners or Facebook. The Department told the men at Autry there was no outbreak. And the statute that makes every inmate file a state secret is missing the one sentence the Parole Board’s has.

There’s Nothing Wrong with the Water

A corroded, rust-stained institutional faucet drips discolored water beside aging exposed pipes in a decaying state facility.

Georgia’s public-health agency confirmed Legionella in a South Georgia prison’s water. Thirty days later, the corrections department told the men living there — in writing — that no outbreak existed. The contamination, and the antibiotics, followed them to the next prison.