WHEN THE NARCOTICS UNIT BECOMES THE CRIME SCENE

11 People Were Indicted in a Knox County Corruption Case. But What Happens to the Criminal Cases These Officers Helped Build?

By PrisonProject.net | News Analysis
Updated July 23, 2026

A viral social-media post circulating this month makes an explosive claim:

FIRST FACES OF INJUSTICE VICTORY: ANDRE KNIGHTS COMES HOME THREE MONTHS EARLY

After coordinated advocacy before the sentencing court and the Georgia State Board of Pardons and Paroles, Andre Knights was released from prison on July 17, 2026—approximately three months before the scheduled end of his prison term.

Andre Knights is home.

Georgia's Flock Scandal Is No Longer About Bad Officers. It's About a Bad System.

Four officers in one Georgia agency. Twenty personnel statewide. How many cases does it take before we question the surveillance itself?

Opinion | Prison Project

Published: July 20, 2026

For years, Americans were told not to worry.

Georgia’s Prison Crisis Is No Longer Hidden. It Is Preserved in the Record.

The State of Georgia says Tyler Ryals resigned.

Ryals says he never did.

The University of Chicago’s new policy is not an AI ban. It is an attempt to teach future lawyers a skill that every prisoner, family advocate and pro se litigant also needs: how to use artificial intelligence without surrendering judgment to it.

PRISON PROJECT CASE SPOTLIGHT: FEDERAL LAWSUIT BRINGS NEW ATTENTION TO KENNETH ADKINS' DECADE-LONG FIGHT FOR EXONERATION

For more than a year, PrisonProject.net has featured Bishop Kenneth Adkins as one of the most prominent cases in our Faces of Innocence initiative.

Cherokee County Arrests Its Own: License Plate Reader Abuse Shows Why Surveillance Needs Real Oversight

CHEROKEE COUNTY, GEORGIA — The Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office has arrested two supervisors after an internal investigation found they allegedly used the agency’s Automated License Plate Reader system for purposes unrelated to law enforcement.

PRISON PROJECT CIVIC ACCOUNTABILITY NETWORK

Building Informed Citizens. Strengthening Communities.

The Prison Project Civic Accountability Network is a new initiative designed to help ordinary citizens become informed, engaged, and effective participants in their communities.

We believe accountability begins with knowledge.

ADA Title II Litigation Opportunities in Corrections

An Untapped Area of Civil Rights Enforcement

Every day, incarcerated people with disabilities are denied access to programs, services, communication, housing, education, medical care, grievance procedures, and court processes.

THE SOVEREIGN CITIZEN MOVEMENT:

FALSE HOPE, REAL CONSEQUENCES, AND WHAT ACTUALLY WORKS

A Prison Project Guide to Understanding and Debunking Pseudolaw

INTRODUCTION: WHEN DESPERATION MEETS FALSE HOPE

People facing foreclosure, crushing debt, criminal charges, probation violations, tax problems, or lengthy prison sent