Georgia's prison system recorded over 100 homicides in 2024—nearly triple the previous year—while refusing to implement gang segregation policies that other states have proven reduce violence by more than 50 percent. Gang violence has killed more than 100 people in Georgia prisons in 2024, including Jimmy Trammell who died 72 hours before his release, yet …
Open records reveal Washington State Prison operated with just five officers covering 69 security posts when four inmates died in January 2026’s deadliest prison violence, while officials failed to file incident reports and a coroner claims no knowledge of deaths he publicly confirmed. Shift rosters obtained through open records show Washington State Prison had only …
Georgia’s three-decade experiment with harsh sentencing and truth-in-sentencing laws cost taxpayers $30-40 billion while making prisons deadlier and more violent, prompting DOJ intervention and proving that deterrence-based policies fail. Georgia’s harsh sentencing structure — including the 85 percent rule — didn’t deter crime but instead pushed the prison system toward collapse, creating record levels of …