Prison Budgets Keep Growing, Yet They Keep Giving Us Used Underwear

Prison Budgets Keep Growing, Yet They Keep Giving Us Used Underwear

As of July the state of Georgia is in Fiscal Year 2026, for which Governor Brian Kemp (R) initially proposed an annual budget of $1.62 billion for the Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC). That would have been a $125 million increase over the previous year. What GDC ended up getting was a $199.6 million increase. You’d think it would buy us some clothing, yet policy still dictates that the department avoid issuing us new clothes whenever poss…