A Crisis Unmasked: Did you know that a person
born into poverty in Atlanta has a 4% chance of
escaping it?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOortZxg_PY

– 11 Alive News (3:02 minutes)

One Year. One Youth. $217,517.00.

According to the Southern Poverty Law Center’s report,
Only Young Once, as of FY 2023, Georgia spent
$217,517.00 to incarcerate just one youth for one year.

That is over eight times what it costs to imprison an adult
in Georgia’s state prisons ($26,933).

Even more staggering—youth incarceration in Georgia
costs more than three times the combined annual cost of
attending the University of Georgia ($28,142), Georgia
Tech ($28,584), and educating a child in Georgia’s K-12
public schools ($14,660).

Let That Sink In! Now, Act!