Federal Judge Tells Georgia Prison Chief: You’re Acting ‘Above the Law’
A federal judge's rebuke of Georgia's prison commissioner exposes a systematic pattern of defiance toward courts, DOJ, and lawmakers that has coincided with record prison deaths. U.S. District Judge Tilman E. 'Tripp' Self III summoned GDC Commissioner Tyrone Oliver to explain why his department ignored a court order—the latest in a documented pattern of institutional …