A new analysis from Georgia Prisoners Speak, "The Board That Stopped Saying Yes: Georgia's Lifer Parole Collapse, in Its Own Numbers," shows the parole grant rate for people serving life sentences has fallen sharply…

at the same time strict time limits are closing the courthouse door on habeas claims. For innocent people in Georgia's prisons, that means fewer paths home. As the authors put it: "A board that grants five percent and a court system that clocks out at four years are, together, a simple message to fifty thousand people and their families about how Georgia understands redemption." Read the full piece at the link in our bio.