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Broken by Design: How Georgia’s Prison Classification Failures Fueled a Five-Fold Increase in Homicides

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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.

Broken by Design: How Georgia’s Classification System Failures Drive Prison Violence and Waste Taxpayer Dollars

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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.

Broken Sorting: How Georgia’s Prison Classification Failures Are Getting People Killed

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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.

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