By Greg Bluestein, Tia Mitchell, Patricia Murphy and Adam Van Brimmer
PRISON POLICIES. A new law sponsored by U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Ga., and U.S. Rep. Lucy McBath, D-Marietta, that strengthens oversight of the corruption-plagued federal prison system is drawing praise from civil rights leaders.
Former U.N. Ambassador Andrew Young said Ossoff is “making progress to ensure equal protection under the law for all Georgians and all Americans.”
Georgia NAACP President Gerald Griggs called it a “monumental stride toward justice and accountability within our federal prison system.”
And LaTosha Brown of Black Voters Matter said it is “a necessary step to improve the humanity and dignity of the conditions within federal prisons.”
U.S. Rep. Lucy McBath (left), D-Marietta, and U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff (center), D-Ga., are drawing praise for a bill they sponsored to increase oversight of federal prisons.