Georgia Prison Strike, One Year Later

Georgia Prison Strike, One Year Later: Activists Outside the Walls Have Failed Those Inside the Walls

Wed, 12/21/2011 - 12:51 — Bruce A. Dixon 

by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon

In December 2010 inmates in up to a dozen Georgia prisons either refused to leave their cells for work assignments, or were pre-emptively locked down by prison officials. They demanded wages for work, access to educational programs, fairness in release decisions, along with decent food and medical care. An ad hoc coalition sprung up to negotiate with state officials, and gained privileged access to Smith and Macon State Prisons. But the coalition has long since withered and died, without even issuing reports from its December 2010 fact finding visits. What happened? And what happens next?

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