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Federal Courts Attack Southern Prisons
Federal courts target crowded southern prisons as inmate populations far exceed capacity across nine states. Overcrowding drives riots and court-ordered improvements. Alabama Florida Louisiana Mississippi Georgia and others face funding gaps, delayed construction, and calls for federal aid to reduce jail and prison populations.
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Atlanta
UPS
Georgia
South Carolina
Alabama
Louisiana
Florida
Tennessee State Penitentiary
Mississippi
Allen Ault
Southeast Corrections Council
Kentucky
Tennessee
Ray Blanton
South
Blanton
Nashville
Morristown
Tenn
Virginia
State Crime Commission
Richmond City
Winston
Andrew P. Miller
Louie Wainwright
Wainwright
Angola
Louisiana Corrections
Elayn Hunt
Edwin Edwards
Hayes Williams
Williams
Earl Long
William H. Bogard, Jr
Bogard
Draper
Elmore