Tyrone Oliver

$150 Million to Watch Them Die: Georgia’s OWL Surveillance Goes Live

On or about June 1, Georgia switches on OWL — the first centralized real-time prison-surveillance hub in American corrections. GPS asks the question the state won’t answer: how does watching reduce a single stabbing, overdose, or suicide, when $150 million bought the eye and $805,000 was left for the classrooms?

Two Thin Gloves: Georgia Prison Took Ronald Allen’s Hands

Ronald Allen asked for insulated gloves before handling frozen beef patties at GDCP. He got two pairs of disposable ones. Eight weeks of medical neglect later — a doctor who never examined him — Allen lost his dominant hand. His lawsuit names 12 defendants including Commissioner Oliver.

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