U.S. Justice Department threatens to sue Georgia if it doesn’t curb rampant violations of prison inmates' constitutional protections against cruel punishment.
Georgia prison officials are “deliberately indifferent” to unchecked deadly violence, widespread drug use, extortion and sexual abuse in state lockups, the U.S. Justice Department said Tuesday, threatening to sue the state if it doesn’t quickly take steps to curb rampant violations of prisoners’ 8th Amendment protections against cruel punishment.
Sexual abuse allegations Multiple allegations of sexual abuse are recounted in the report, including abuse of LGBTQ+ inmates. A transgender woman reported being sexually assaulted at knifepoint. Another inmate said he was “extorted for money” and sexually abused after six people entered his cell.
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