Tip briefs from our investigations, designed for journalists covering criminal justice and corrections in Georgia.
The U.S. Department of Justice found Georgia's prisons violate the Eighth Amendment through gang control, inadequate medical care, and failure to protect from violence—conditions that have worsened despite $700 million…
In 2004, Georgia became one of the most restrictive states in the nation by imposing a four-year deadline for felony habeas corpus petitions—the first time in Georgia history that the…
Georgia law already contains two powerful tools for post-conviction justice: O.C.G.A. § 9-14-48(d) mandates that habeas relief 'shall be granted' to avoid a miscarriage of justice, and O.C.G.A. § 17-9-4…
Georgia holds 12,958 people aged 50 and older—more than one in four of its entire incarcerated population—at a cost of $60,000-$70,000 per year per elderly inmate, despite overwhelming evidence that…
Georgia has constructed a legal architecture that makes it nearly impossible for wrongfully convicted people to obtain relief, even when evidence of innocence is overwhelming. The state's 2004 habeas corpus…
Christian Krauch was tortured for approximately three weeks inside Macon State Prison in June 2024, suffering a machete wound through his chest, broken ribs, crushed jaw, and injuries so severe…
Georgia's 2012 Justice Reinvestment Initiative under Governor Nathan Deal became a national model: the state reduced its prison population by 6%, avoided $264 million in projected costs, and reinvested $57…
In June 2024, Christian Krauch was tortured for three weeks inside a dorm at Macon State Prison—bound, stabbed, burned, slashed, and left to die under a bunk—yet the Georgia Department…
U.S. District Judge Tilman E. 'Tripp' Self III summoned GDC Commissioner Tyrone Oliver to explain why his department ignored a court order—the latest in a documented pattern of institutional defiance.…
In June 2024, Christian Krauch was tortured for three weeks inside Macon State Prison—bound, stabbed, burned, and left to die under a bunk—yet Georgia made no arrests and promoted the…