A Justice Department report found that prisons across Georgia violate prisoners' constitutional rights.
The U.S. Department of Justice accused prisons across Georgia of 'inhumane' and unconstitutional conditions.On Tuesday, the Department of Justice published a report on the current conditions of Georgia prisons saying that they 'violate' the Constitution's Eighth Amendment.
'The report found that prisons across Georgia violate prisoners' constitutional rights by 'failing to protect individuals housed in medium- and close-security facilities from widespread physical violence and subjecting incarcerated persons to unreasonable risk of harm from sexual abuse across its facilities.
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