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Georgia: N.A.A.C.P. Says Guards Beat Prisoners

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

Georgia: N.A.A.C.P. Says Guards Beat Prisoners By ROBBIE BROWN Published: NY Times January 3, 2011 The N.A.A.C.P. says three prisoners were beaten by guards in retaliation for a strike, but the prison leadership denies wrongdoing. The N.A.A.C.P. and the inmates? families said Monday that they planned to file a lawsuit or a complaint with the federal government after receiving photographs showing the men?s injuries. The group says that the men were handcuffed and beaten, including with a hammer, and that one man now needs a wheelchair and another apparently has brain damage. ?We are a law enforcement agency and do everything possible to uphold, not break, laws,? the Georgia Department of Corrections said. Inmates in several Georgia prisons went on strike last month, seeking more food and better living conditions...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on January 04, 2011 (boomark / email).