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NAACP Fact-Finding Delegation Investigates Abuse Claims at Georgia Prisons

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

NAACP Fact-Finding Delegation Investigates Abuse Claims at Georgia Prisons by AFRO Staff Afro Briefs Originally published January 03, 2011 The Georgia State Conference of the NAACP is spearheading an investigation into abuse allegations at two Georgia prisons. Last month, a fact-finding committee visited the Macon State Prison in Oglethorpe, Ga., where inmates complained of poor conditions during a statewide prisoner strike. The Georgia State Department of Corrections (DOC) agreed to allow the visit after meeting with the NAACP Georgia State Conference, an NAACP national delegation and a number of other organizations to discuss allegations of guard violence and the poor conditions that led to the peaceful strike. According to reports, prison guards allegedly turned off heat and hot water in hopes of forcing prisoners back to work...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on January 04, 2011 (boomark / email).