Four Georgia State Prisons Locked Down Over Potential Protests
ATLANTA - At least four Georgia prisons have been locked down to prevent an expected inmate protest over living conditions.
Inmates are demanding to be paid for their work, which includes cooking and serving meals and cleaning the prisons and other govement buildings. State law does not allow for most state prisoners to be paid.
Prison advocates said the inmates also want better educational opportunities, better health care and healthier food.
State Department of Corrections spokeswoman Kristen Stancil said lock down status meant the inmates had to stay in their cells and could not receive visitors or phone calls. She said the state's 26 other prisons operated under normal conditions.
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