When Prison Staff Work for the Gangs

Illustration: an empty officers' desk at night with a blinking desk phone, a stack of unopened envelopes and a printed email, in front of a window onto a dim prison dormitory with bunks and the outlines of men.

Before Zeary Davis was killed at Dooly State Prison, GDC’s Commissioner had a written warning and the deputy warden and a captain had calls. Georgia law already has charges for staff who ignore a known danger. District attorneys should be asking who knew, and what they did.