Hall County Sheriff Gerald Couch has been at the center of multiple controversies in 2026.

Prison Project Welcomes Felicia Acosta

Prison Project is proud to welcome Felicia Acosta of New Mexico as a community contributor and advocate.

Voices From the Inside

By Phoenix

My story with the system is not simple, and I fully understand that my husband and I were not without fault. But what I lived through showed me just how broken the system can be, especially when mental health and addiction collide with the criminal justice system.

Faces of Injustice: “Please Just Look at This”

By PrisonProject.net

“Not asking for money. Just want everyone to share my story. I hope someone will investigate.”

Voices From the Inside: “A Day in My Life at Federal Prison Camp”

By anonymous submission

People on the outside often imagine prison in extremes. Either nonstop violence and chaos, or the watered-down version they see on television where prison camps are treated like summer camp with fences.

The reality is usually something else entirely.

Over the last few weeks, The Prison Project has been speaking with the people behind Georgia Prisoners’ Speak and their platform at GPS.press.

To be honest, we were impressed.

Georgia Appellate Writing Explained

Module 4 — Harmless Error: The Silent Killer

One of the hardest truths in appellate law is this:

A court can agree that something went wrong and still deny relief.

That is harmless error.

Georgia Appellate Writing Explained

 Module 3 — The Four Parts of an Appellate Argument By the time a case reaches the appellate court, one question matters more than almost anything else:

Report: Federal Bureau of Prisons “Lockdowns and Modified Operations” Policy Shift (2026) Overview This report summarizes the findings from our review of: the new Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) Program Statement 5525.01, related DOJ oversight activity, operational trends surrounding lockdowns and “modified operations,” and broader recent BOP reform efforts.

Georgia Appellate Writing Explained

Module 2 — The Record Is Everything

If Module 1 explained what an appeal is, Module 2 explains what appeals are built on:

The record.

In appellate litigation, the record is not just paperwork.

The record is the battlefield.

Appellate courts do not retry cases.