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Justice Department finds Georgia is 'deliberately indifferent' to unchecked abuses at its prisons

Jeff Martin

Georgia prison officials are “deliberately indifferent” to unchecked deadly violence, widespread drug use, extortion and sexual abuse at state lockups, the U.S. Justice Department said Tuesday.