Day 3 of Historic Prison Strike in Georgia

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Day 3 of Historic Prison Strike in Georgia-Blacked out By Media-Guards committing Violence

On Thursday morning, December 9, 2010, thousands of Georgia prisoners refused to work, stopped all other activities and locked down in their cells in a peaceful protest for their human rights. The December 9 Strike became the biggest prisoner protest in the history of the United States. Thousands of men, from Augusta, Baldwin, Hancock, Hays, Macon, Smith and Telfair State Prisons, among others, initiated this strike to press the Georgia Department of Corrections (“DOC”) to stop treating them like animals and slaves and institute programs that address their basic human rights.  Read more at hiphopandpolitics.wordpress.com

 

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