Georgia is constructing OWL, a first-in-nation centralized surveillance command center monitoring all 36 state prisons, despite no evidence that $150+ million in technology investments will reduce violence that killed 100+ people in 2024. Georgia Department of Corrections is building OWL (Overwatch & Logistic Unit Command Center), an unprecedented real-time surveillance system integrating cameras, cell phone …
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 …
Despite investing over $600 million in corrections and commissioning reports documenting catastrophic failures, Georgia's correctional officer staffing has fallen to a 15-year low while the prison population reaches a 15-year high. Governor Brian Kemp commissioned independent investigations that found Georgia's prisons operating at less than 50% staffing with constitutional violations, then invested over $600 million …
Four Georgia medium security prisons are secretly housing 28-30% close security inmates—10 times the normal rate—creating deadly conditions that have produced 4-5 times more homicides than properly classified facilities. GPS analysis of GDC population data reveals four medium security prisons have been quietly transformed into de facto close security facilities, housing 455-545 close security inmates …