Crisis in Georgia Prisons: Explore the stories
Read The Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s investigative series into Georgia’s prison system
The 2023 investigations
Part 1: Inside job: Hundreds of prison employees aided contraband schemes
Jessica’s story: A correction officer’s fall (sidebar)
Interview with GDC Commissioner Tyrone Oliver (sidebar)
Part 2: Overdose: Inmate drug deaths soar at state prisons
Locked up but not stopped: Prisoners run drug-trafficking networks
Part 3: Violence, suicides mount in Georgia’s woefully understaffed prisons
Death toll sets new records amid staffing crisis at Georgia prisons (sidebar)
Part 4: From the inside: Criminal kingpins operate from behind bars
Georgia prison system clamps down on information that could expose critical problems (sidebar)
Latest coverage of Georgia prisons
May 29, 2024: Lawsuit accuses prison system of violating law to replace healthcare provider
May 28, 2024: Georgia correctional officer charged with murder in death of state prison inmate
May 23, 2024: Georgia officials won’t release information on how prisoners are dying
May 1, 2024: Seven Georgia officers accused in contraband scheme run by Valdosta inmate
April 22, 2024: Frustrated federal judge imposes fines, monitor on Georgia prison
March 20, 2024: Prisoner stabs warden at Telfair State Prison
March 15, 2024: Lawmakers eye a remake of the Georgia prison system
March 10, 2024: Two high-ranking Ga. prison employees accused in sex cases
Feb. 16, 2024: Georgia prison medical provider cites millions in extra costs due to violence
Feb. 9, 2024: Lawmakers call for action on crisis in Georgia’s state prisons
Feb. 1, 2024: Georgia prisoner died after being left for hours in smoke-filled cell
Feb. 1, 2024: Prison system failures cost Georgia taxpayers millions
Jan. 18, 2024: Nearly half of Georgia corrections officers’ positions vacant
Jan. 5, 2024: Georgia inmate who stole $11 million from behind bars gets 11-year federal prison sentence
OPINION PIECES
Jan. 27, 2024: OPINION: Corrections chief: Georgia’s making progress on prison safety
Jan. 27, 2024: OPINION: Inmates to Gov. Kemp: Here’s how to fix Georgia’s prisons
Dec. 30, 2023: OPINION: Georgia must fix prison corruption crisis
Previous coverage
Dec. 4, 2023: Bagman sentenced for helping Georgia inmate steal millions behind bars
Nov. 13, 2023: Feds: For more than a decade, Georgia prison gang carried out murder, assaults
Oct. 5, 2023: Georgia Inmate killed after reported altercation
Oct. 3, 2023: Georgia prison conditions at crisis level, protesters say
Oct. 1, 2023: Georgia correctional offer killed by inmate
May 12, 2023: Accomplice in inmate’s $11 million heist admits to money laundering
April 25, 2023: Georgia inmate admits to stealing millions by impersonating famous billionaire
April 19, 2023: Georgia prison took days to discover dead inmate in his bunk
March 2, 2023: Deadly gang attack set in motion by guards at Phillips State Prison
Feb. 9, 2023: Prison warden fired, accused of taking cash payments in contraband smuggling scheme