Georgia has identified 315 gangs controlling 31% of its prison population but refuses to implement separation and exit programs that dramatically reduced violence in Texas, Arizona, and California. Georgia's prisons are controlled by gangs that dictate housing, food access, and bed assignments while the state prosecutes gang members but refuses to implement the housing-based separation …
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 …