![Georgia State House Member John McLaurin holds his phone to a conference room microphone so fellow members of an ad hoc committee of house members can hear the testimony of a correctional officer at Lee Arrendale State Prison in September 2021.](https://www.gpb.org/sites/default/files/styles/flexheight/public/2022-01/090921_prison_staffing_0004.jpg?itok=SM6-urK8)
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Georgia State House Member John McLaurin holds his phone to a conference room microphone so fellow members of an ad hoc committee of house members can hear the testimony of a correctional officer at Lee Arrendale State Prison in September 2021.
Credit: Grant Blankenship