The goal was to improve safety in Georgia state prisons and get rid of free labor.

The issue remains at large and poses a growing concern to the free society outside of the prison.

[3] Hancock is one of several high-security Georgia state prisons found to have a large percentage of inoperative locks.

[4] Hancock was one of nine Georgia state prisons implicated in an FBI sting operation announced in February 2016.

[5] Convicted serial killer Wayne Williams is serving a life sentence at Hancock, as is Charles Lee Duffy.