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Brown v. Plata

Brown v. Plata: A Legal Roadmap for Georgia’s Prison Crisis

The Supreme Court’s Brown v. Plata decision forced California to release 46,000 prisoners due to unconstitutional overcrowding. With federal enforcement abandoned, Georgia families must now pursue private litigation using the same legal roadmap.

Help advocate for change: use ImpactJustice.AI to quickly and easily send a message to your government representatives and the media about the conditions in Georgia’s prisons.

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