Two Commanders Say Georgia Hides Its Prison Staffing Crisis

A large, mostly empty staff parking lot outside a state prison with a guard tower and razor-wire perimeter fence, illustrating the correctional-officer staffing collapse.

Two former GDC commanders — a CERT commander pushed out after a sworn warning, and a deputy warden of security who quit rather than comply — independently say Georgia hides its prison staffing collapse by manipulating the numbers it reports to the public.

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