Georgia prisons are perennially the subject of scathing investigative newspaper reports and legal filings charging “cruel and unusual punishment” by human rights organizations. For example, in September of 2021, the Department of Justice launched an investigation into the high incidences of v

Of the four state facilities where women are held, Pulaski State Prison, the second-largest, was the source of the horrifying firsthand accounts by the incarcerated women and their families. They described extortion, sexual assault and physical and emotional violence, plus the inhumane living conditions of moldy food, unsanitary cells, callous guards and lack of medical care, which are all fairly standard throughout the Georgia system.