AJC Investigations

Georgia Department of Corrections officials have repeatedly presented false or misleading information to federal investigators, state lawmakers and even a federal judge, an AJC investigation has found. @CCTeegardin @RobbinsDanny @GAinvestigate ajc.com/news/investiga…

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The federal judge didn't mince words. The court couldn't believe that even sworn statements from defendants were truthful. Object of his wrath: Georgia prison officials. DOJ officials, state lawmakers also misled. ajc.com/news/investiga…

No longer safe for grandma to live alone? Proceed with caution in searching for an assisted living facility. Our investigation found you can't count on the state to crack down on bad operators: ajc.com/news/georgia-n…

Today is the day to cast your ballots! Here are a few resources to help you if you run into issues at the polls. #GAPol #GADecides2024 #GAElection #Election2024 #ElectionDay #Vote2024

It's about power and control. ajc.com/news/investiga…

Murders of women held in state prisons are extremely rare. From 2001-2019, nationwide only 9 women died as the result of homicides, last data shows. But over the past two years, Georgia has had 3, all in the mental health ward of the same prison. ajc.com/news/investiga…

#BREAKING: An audit uncovered 20 noncitizens out of 8.2 million registered voters in Georgia, according to findings announced by Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger on Wednesday. ajc.com/politics/elect…

After a woman was killed in a Georgia prison this spring, another inmate called her mother, fearful. A few days later, her mother got another call. Her daughter was also dead. Why didn't the prison system stop the killer? ajc.com/news/investiga…

Stabbings. Strangulation. Beatings. Exclusive details on how more than 170 people were killed in Georgia prisons. ajc.com/news/investiga…

Donald Trump is set to headline an NRA event in Savannah on Oct. 22, the group said today. The Republican’s Georgia campaign has held several key events at a major metro Atlanta gun range in the runup to November. #gapol

In Georgia, one man was tied up, waterboarded, sexually assaulted and beaten until many of his teeth broke out. Another had human bite marks all over his body & was so malnourished every bone in his body was bruised. Horrors in the state's prisons: ajc.com/news/investiga…

5 ways that the Georgia prison crisis puts everyone at risk