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In 2022, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution revealed conditions at Georgia's prisons that one U.S. senator called "tragic and wholly unacceptable." The mounting violence and criminal activities inside the facilities included sexual assaults, extortion and murders carried out with impunity. The series also documented how prison staff were outnumbered, intimidated, or otherwise unable to maintain order.

Credit: HYOSUB SHIN / AJC

Women sexually assaulted, beaten at Georgia prison

Credit: Georgia Department of Corrections

DOJ says state impeding investigation of prison violence

Credit: contributed

Suicides of 125 Georgia inmates point to another crisis for state prisons

Gang members using violence to extort inmates, families at Ga. prison for women

Credit: HYOSUB SHIN / AJC

Ossoff calls for FBI to investigate Pulaski State Prison

Credit: AJC

Judge says Georgia should turn over prison documents to federal investigators

Credit: Ga. Dept. of Corrections

Blank greeting cards led to arrest of GED instructor at Georgia prison

Georgia prison employees arrested for drug crimes, battery, sexual assault of inmates

Credit: HYOSUB SHIN / AJC

Inmate in Georgia’s maximum security prison accused of impersonating billionaires to...

Credit: Columbia County Sheriff's Office

Georgia inmate with ‘nothing to lose’ keeps killing
Impact and opinion

Credit: Maya T. Prabhu

Head of Georgia’s troubled prison system gets new state job

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Opinion: State must act to reduce prison suicides

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Opinion: Prison officials must stop violent extortion by some inmates

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Opinion: More lawmakers should demand investigation into prison extortion
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