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Bolted In: Georgia Prisons Lock the Fire Exits, and the State’s Own Inspectors Keep Finding Them Locked

State fire inspectors found barrel bolts on every fire exit at Ware State Prison in June and told GDC to remove them. In August they found the bolts still there, new ones on the dorm doors, empty control rooms and staff without keys. Inside Georgia’s prisons, the same hardware is on the cell doors.

Nursing Assistant Arrested for Striking Disabled Inmate at Augusta State Medical Prison

A 67-year-old nursing assistant at Augusta State Medical Prison was arrested after allegedly striking a disabled inmate who weighs just 103 pounds. The arrest raises questions about the treatment of medically vulnerable inmates at the facility.

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