Georgia Prisons Now Hold Over 10,000 Lifers as Parole Crisis Deepens

Georgia Prisons Now Hold Over 10,000 Lifers as Parole Crisis Deepens

In the Department of Justice report summarizing its years-long investigations into the Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC), it noted that almost 10,000 people in custody were serving life or life without parole (LWOP). This was probably written well in advance of when the report was published in October 2024, but they might have done us the courtesy of updating it; we’d passed the 10,000-mark over the summer. Less than a year later, we’re al…