I have been receiving very disturbing information from folks incarcerated in prisons across Georgia. Themes:
- 23 to 24 hour a day lockdowns
- no showers for weeks on end, no clean sheets or towels
- food so rotten that entire dorms get sick
- dramatically increased violence

Macon State Prison has had 6 (!!) murders so far this year. For some context, the entire state of Arizona had 1 murder in all of their prisons last year. In July alone, 4 people were murdered in Georgia prisons. https://www.ajc.com/news/crime/4th-georgia-prisoner-killed-in-suspected-homicide-this-month/UTOYKYFDL5HNNFQ444MTAQFZ24/

People have been fed moldy bologna (if prison food had a mascot, it would be moldy bologna) and peanut butter sandwiches with rat feces in them. Flooding/plumbing issues continue to plague every DOC building.

Yes, these conditions lead to uprisings.

Ware State Prison is still on lockdown after what appears to be an uprising on Saturday. This has already happened in so many DOC facilities. Also, remember that visitation has been suspended since March. People are missing their loved ones.

Ask yourself: how long would you put up with being caged, along with LOTS of other people, amid a deadly airborne pandemic, being fed sandwiches with rat shit, being kept from showering and seeing the sun, and knowing there would be no visitation for god-knows-how-long?