Jimmy Iakovos

Georgia Prisons Raise Commissary Prices to Breaking Point

The Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC) has surprised those of us in its custody with yet another commissary price hike.…

November 4, 2025

Prison Contraband Drone Drops Are Becoming a Problem for Local Jails

Drones are such a popular method of bringing contraband into Georgia’s prisons that they're creating their own mini incarceration boom.…

October 27, 2025

ICE Resumes Immigrant Detention at Private Jail Known for Medical Abuse

Immigration and Customs Enforcement is again holding detainees at the southern Georgia jail it previously cut ties with amid allegations…

October 20, 2025

Georgia Prisons Are Deadlier Than Ever. One Reason? We’re Starving.

The Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC) is once again on track to surpass the record levels of violence and deaths…

October 14, 2025

Inevitably, FCC Moves to Let Prisons Use Illegal Cell Phone Signal Jammers

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is about to formally consider allowing corrections departments to use cell phone signal jamming devices.…

September 9, 2025

“Georgia Survivor Justice Act” Defies the Tyranny of Mandatory Minimums

The state of Georgia is not known for passing legislation that can actually reduce the amount of time served in…

September 3, 2025

With a Contraband Market in Flux, More Prisoners Turn Toward Gambling

[Read Part 1 of this story here]   In May, Georgia Governor Brian Kemp (R) approved a budget increase of…

August 25, 2025

The Mental Health Impact of a Prison’s Short-Lived, Off-Book Yoga Class

Buggs*, about 20 years into a life sentence in Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC) custody, has built his self-preservation routine…

August 19, 2025

The Return of the Prison Poker Game

The tobacco bans that Georgia Department of Corrections implemented in 2010 changed the way things were done here, the way…

August 12, 2025

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…

August 4, 2025