Black Women in Georgia Prisons Struggle to Get Breast Cancer Care

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This is a summary of reporting published by atlanta.capitalbnews.org on October 28, 2026. It was not written by Georgia Prisoners’ Speak. GPS tracks coverage of Georgia’s prison system so the record stays in one place. The full article is on atlanta.capitalbnews.org’s own site.

A Capital B Atlanta report details how Black women in Georgia prisons face delays and barriers in receiving breast cancer screening and treatment. Melodie Rosser, who spent 20 years incarcerated, said she waited six years for a biopsy, then developed an infection after her medical records were misplaced and the incision reopened; she said she was not given annual mammograms…

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