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| Violent Allegations Made Against Guards |
| By ajc.com |
| Published: 01/05/2011 |
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Inmate advocates and relatives said guards at one state institution have retaliated with violence against prisoners who staged a protest and refused to report to work details last month. Marie Williams, whose son is at Smith State Prison in Tattnall County, said another inmate called her on her son’s behalf over the weekend to report what had happened. “They said they [officers] were hitting inmates with hammers,” Williams told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Tuesday. “They [guards] said an inmate was trying to escape.” The Department of Corrections did not respond to the AJC’s request for comment, but an agency spokeswoman denied the allegations in a comment to the New York Times. Read More. |
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