Georgia treats family contact — the strongest predictor of going straight — as a privilege to ration and revoke: phone lists capped at twenty, visitation lists changeable only in May and November. An investigation into the connection the state severs by design, and the cheap fix it refuses.
In 2012, Georgia became a national model for criminal justice reform. Governor Nathan Deal signed HB 1176, the centerpiece of a Justice Reinvestment Initiative developed with the Council of State…
Over 2,400 years ago, Plato described prisoners chained in a cave, mistaking shadows for reality. His allegory speaks directly to the experience of incarceration — and reveals why education is the most powerful path to transformation, both for individuals behind bars and for society as a whole.
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