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Stories From Inside
First-person accounts from incarcerated and formerly incarcerated people in Georgia. Their words. Their truth.
Three Weeks with a Broken Hand
When Marcus broke his hand at Georgia State Prison, he filed sick call requests immediately. Three weeks and seven requests later, he finally saw a doctor—but by then, the bones had already set wrong. Now 34 years old with a permanently damaged hand, Marcus shares his story of medical neglect and the solidarity that keeps incarcerated people human in a system that treats them otherwise...
The First Week
In January 2015, I entered Georgia's prison system at Jackson Diagnostic. Within a week, I witnessed guards stand by as gangs beat a man to death. Over two months, I saw 50 people beaten into gangs while living in freezing, windowless dorms with no activities and constant violence...
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