Georgia
DOJ: ' Horrific and inhumane' Georgia prisons violate Constitution
Georgia state prisons subject inmates to "horrific and inhumane" conditions in violation of the Eighth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, the Department of Justice said Tuesday.
"People are assaulted, stabbed, raped and killed or left to languish inside facilities that are woefully understaffed," Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke Clarke said in a report Tuesday about the Georgia state prison system. Photo by Judson M... [2453 chars]