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#USGOV uses term #Horrific to describe #incarceration in great state of #Georgia...

#DOJ released probe on conditions of #prisons in the state of #GA, which it said were "#inhumane" and in violation of the #USConstitution #EighthAmendment which prohibits #CruelAndUnusualPunishment

US GOVT sez #GeorgiaPrisons ''deliberately indifferent'' to unchecked deadly #violence, widespread #druguse, #extortion and #SexualAbuse at state lockups...

thehill.com/homenews/state-wat

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Writing for the majority, Justice Neil #Gorsuch said the problem of #homelessness is complex, but the #EighthAmendment “does not authorize federal judges to wrest those rights and responsibilities from the American people & in their place dictate this Nation’s homelessness policy.”
The decision returns the case to the lower courts, & it is not clear whether Grants Pass, OR will be able to enforce its #laws against #homeless individuals.
supremecourt.gov/opinions/23pd