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Immigrant detainees’ forced labor case ends in settlement A group of former detainees said Georgia’s largest immigrant jail broke federal anti-slavery laws by forcing them to work against their will. Their 2018 lawsuit against CoreCivic, the private prison company that operates South Georgia’s Stewart Detention Center, ended with a settlement last week. Plaintiffs had alleged …
Inmate drug deaths soar at Georgia prisons AJC.com
Death toll sets new records amid staffing crisis at Georgia prisons AJC.com
Inmate drug deaths soar at Georgia prisons AJC.com
Little B’s prison release places focus on Ga’s juvenile justice policies AJC.com
Little B’s prison release places focus on Ga’s juvenile justice policies The world had changed since Michael Lewis was incarcerated in 1997. As he stood in a hotel lobby following his release from Macon Transitional Facility last month his eyes darted across the room. The flat-screen TVs. The ability to pay a bill with the …
Georgia prison inmate killed after reported altercation The day after advocates held a protest over conditions in Georgia prisons, a state inmate died after a violent incident at Baldwin State Prison in Hardwick. The Georgia Department of Corrections confirmed Thursday morning the death of Johnny Vaughn “after an altercation with several inmates.” His death is …
Inmate killed in middle Georgia prison after reported altercation AJC.com
Georgia prison employees have aided prisoners’ criminal schemes – An AJC investigation AJC.com
Inside Georgia’s prisons, wave after wave of prison employees have become criminals themselves — smuggling in contraband or allowing others to do it and at times pocketing payoffs in the thousands, an Atlanta Journal-Constitution investigation found. Prisoners have run elaborate drug-trafficking networks and cybercrime schemes as well as extortion and other criminal enterprises, all with …