Justice Department announces investigation into Georgia prisons
By Christina Carrega, CNN
The US Justice Department on Tuesday announced a statewide investigation into prisons in Georgia.
“This investigation will be comprehensive, but we’ll focus on harm to prisoners resulting from prisoner-on-prisoner violence. We are also investigating sexual abuse of gay, lesbian and transgender prisoners by prisoners, and staff,” said Kristen Clarke, who leads the DOJ’s Civil Rights Division.
She cited a law that authorizes the Justice Department to investigate state prisons. The so-called pattern-or-practice investigation would look at potential Constitutional violations.
This is a developing story and will be updated.
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