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<h2><b>January 09, 2008<br><br>

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Georgia: Inmates Sue Corrections Officers<br><br>

Published: January 9, 2008, NY Times<br><br>

A group of prisoners filed a class-action lawsuit contending that

corrections officers have systematically beaten restrained inmates in

prisons throughout the state, leaving two dead and dozens of others

injured. The lawsuit, filed in Federal District Court in Valdosta, names

25 guards and other corrections officials as culprits in routine beatings

and torture of inmates. It also claims that they subsequently covered up

the abuses by inflicting even more beatings on prisoners who filed

complaints. Most of the incidents reportedly took place from 2003 to

2005.<br><br>

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