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 increased its prison budget by $700 million over four years, yet homicides rose from 8-9 annually to 100 in 2024, staffing remains 50-76% vacant, and the system was declared unconstitutional by the DOJ. Between FY 2022 and FY 2026, Georgia added $700 million to its corrections budget—the fastest spending growth in agency history—yet prison …
Despite federal findings that Georgia prisons violate the Constitution through 'deliberate indifference' to lethal violence, the state continues spending $1.6 billion on new construction while refusing to implement nine proven reforms that could prevent predictable homicides. Georgia's prison homicides are outpacing last year's totals, with June 2025 being the deadliest month so far—a predictable outcome …
Georgia’s prison system systematically violates the Constitution by subjecting incarcerated people to violence, medical neglect, and inhumane conditions that federal courts have ruled constitute illegal extra punishment beyond lawful liberty deprivation. Federal courts established that ‘persons are sent to prison as punishment, not for punishment,’ meaning anything beyond loss of liberty becomes illegal extra punishment …