The Correction Connection & Operation Skyhawk
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SESSION INFO

Monday, March 2, 2026
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Session Type: Workshop
The Correction Connection is a first-of-its-kind training and intelligence platform that bridges corrections, law enforcement, prosecutors, and federal partners to show how inside-the-walls activity drives outside-the-fence crime. It exposes the hidden networks—contraband, cell phones, gangs, drones, financial flows—and connects them to street-level violence, recruitment, and organized criminal enterprises. The program gives agencies practical tools to detect, disrupt, and dismantle those networks through real-world case studies, digital forensics, and intelligence sharing. Operation Skyhawk is one such case: a groundbreaking, multi-agency RICO investigation that uncovered a sophisticated drone-based contraband pipeline run by inmates and gang associates. Skyhawk linked prisons, street crews, and interstate suppliers, resulting in major seizures, indictments, and national recognition. Together, they highlight a simple truth: corrections intelligence is not a back-end support function—it is the front line of public safety, shaping cases, prosecutions, and community protection nationwide.

SESSION PRESENTERS
Greggory W Phillips
Special Agent, GA Department of Corrections


Greggory W. Phillips is a Special Agent with the Georgia Department of Corrections, a Task Force Officer with the FBI Safe Streets Gang Task Force, and a nationally recognized leader in corrections intelligence, gang investigations, and digital forensics. With a career shaped by complex criminal investigations, Phillips has become a driving force behind bridging the intelligence gap between correctional facilities and street-level law enforcement. He is the Founder and President of the Corrections & Detention Intelligence Network (CODIN) and serves as Regional Director for the Georgia Gang Investigators Association (GGIA), where he leads multi-state collaboration on gang-driven violence, contraband trafficking, and emerging threats such as drone delivery networks and illicit cell phone operations. Phillips also chairs the Intelligence Committee for the American Correctional Association (ACA), helping guide national policy and best practices. Phillips is widely known for his work on Operation Skyhawk, a groundbreaking RICO investigation that exposed a sophisticated drone-based contraband enterprise and became a national case study in modern corrections intelligence. He regularly briefs state and federal leaders, including at the White House and national conferences, demonstrating how corrections-led intelligence efforts shape safer communities. Driven, innovative, and mission-focused, Phillips continues to advance the future of corrections-based public safety.

John Regan
Gang Prosecutor, Prosecuting Attorneys’ Council of Georgia


John A. Regan is the Gang Resource Prosecutor for the Prosecuting Attorneys’ Council of Georgia (PAC), serving within the State Prosecution Support Division. In this statewide role, he provides critical expertise to prosecutors, investigators, and law enforcement agencies on gang-related cases. Regan delivers hands-on trial support to District Attorneys’ offices, ensuring prosecutors have the legal strategies, investigative insight, and evidentiary tools needed to hold Georgia’s most violent offenders accountable and strengthen community safety. A respected instructor and subject-matter expert, Regan serves on the faculty of PAC’s Basic Litigation Boot Camp, training new prosecutors in trial practice and gang prosecution fundamentals. He has presented at PAC’s Summer Conference, Fundamentals of Prosecution, Georgia State Patrol Trooper School, and has taught for ICLE on leveraging social media evidence in gang cases. Regan earned his undergraduate degree from Wake Forest University and his law degree from Mercer University’s Walter F. George School of Law. With more than twenty-three years of prosecution experience, he previously served in the Macon Judicial Circuit as an Assistant District Attorney, handling major crimes, including homicides and gang prosecutions.