Georgia

In Georgia, access to government records is governed by the Georgia Open Records Act (GORA). This law gives the public the right to inspect and copy public records held by state and local agencies, including law enforcement, jails, prosecutors, courts, and correctional facilities.

A State Locking Up More People Than Any Democracy on Earth Georgia cages people at a rate of 881 per 100,000 residents, outpacing every democratic nation in the world. This isn’t an accident of policy. It’s a system that has expanded for four decades and now touches more than half a million Georgians.