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Georgia Prisons: A Blight On The Peach State

Loaded on April 15, 2006 by Michael Rigby published in Prison Legal News April, 2006, page 1
Filed under: Staff-Prisoner Assault, Misconduct/Corruption, Guard Misconduct, DOC/BOP misconduct, Jail Misconduct, Retaliation against Staff, Whistleblowing, Prison Industries, Criminal Prosecution, Prison/Jail Murders, Escapes, Staffing, Excessive Force, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Restraints, Death Row, Failure to Protect (Wrongful Death). Location: Georgia.
During the Civil War, General William Tecumseh Shermans devastating march through the South was a blight on Georgia and all who lived there. Today, the safety of many Georgians particularly the 50,000 confined in the states 37 prisons is just as precarious.

At one state prison guards are accused of …

 

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