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Nerissa Wright's son, Dontavis Mintz, died for reasons she still doesn't know in Ware State Prison near Waycross. The U.S. Department of Justice is investigating the Georgia Department of Corrections largely because of such deaths.

A mother’s son died in Georgia prison. The Department of Justice wonders if understaffing is why

Grant Blankenship, Georgia Public Broadcasting
November 19, 2021
Kareemah Hanifa during her September 2021 testimony to a committee of Georgia legislators concerned with violence in the state's prisons. Hanifa began serving a life sentence when she was a teenager.

Why the investigation into Georgia prisons matters

CCJ in partnership with Georgia Public Broadcasting, The Telegraph and 13WMAZ will be reporting on this in the coming months.
Debbie Blankenship, Center for Collaborative Journalism
November 19, 2021
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