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Monday 22 November 2010

Federal Lawsuit Reveals Inhumane Conditions at For-Profit Youth Prison

Federal Lawsuit Reveals Inhumane Conditions at For-Profit Youth Prison


The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and Jackson, MS civil rights attorney Robert B. McDuff today filed a federal class-action lawsuit against the for-profit operators of Mississippi's Walnut Grove Youth Correctional Facility (WGYCF), charging that the children there are forced to live in barbaric and unconstitutional conditions and are subjected to excessive uses of force by prison staff.

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