{"id":14240,"date":"2022-06-23T14:09:07","date_gmt":"2022-06-23T18:09:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/?post_type=press-releases&p=14240"},"modified":"2022-06-23T14:09:08","modified_gmt":"2022-06-23T18:09:08","slug":"following-bombshell-reporting-sen-ossoff-urges-fbi-to-investigate-extortion-and-gang-violence-in-pulaski-state-prison","status":"publish","type":"press-releases","link":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/press-releases\/following-bombshell-reporting-sen-ossoff-urges-fbi-to-investigate-extortion-and-gang-violence-in-pulaski-state-prison\/","title":{"rendered":"Following Bombshell Reporting, Sen. Ossoff Urges FBI to Investigate Extortion and Gang Violence in Pulaski State Prison"},"content":{"rendered":"

According to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, gang members at Pulaski State Prison are using violence against incarcerated women to generate money and maintain control within the prison<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Washington, D.C. \u2014 <\/strong>U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff is working to reduce violence and safeguard human rights<\/a> at the Pulaski State Prison in Hawkinsville, Georgia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sen. Ossoff today launched an inquiry<\/a> with the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) to investigate reports of violence and extortion at the second-largest women\u2019s prison in Georgia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to reporting by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution<\/em>, gang members at Pulaski Prison have established a criminal racket using violence<\/a> and intimidation<\/a> tactics, like sexual abuse and extortion, to generate money and maintain control within the prison.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe challenges facing Georgia\u2019s prisons are not new. This work is urgent. I will continue to monitor efforts to protect the safety, wellbeing and civil rights of both incarcerated people and prison employees,\u201d Sen. Ossoff wrote.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sen. Ossoff has pushed to protect human rights and investigate prison conditions in Georgia since he was first elected to office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last year, the U.S. Senate passed Sen. Ossoff\u2019s bipartisan Prison Camera Reform Act <\/em>to reduce violence and civil rights abuses in America\u2019s prisons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In February, Sen. Ossoff and Sen. Mike Braun (R-IN) launched<\/a> the bipartisan Senate Prison Policy Working Group, which aims to strengthen oversight of the Federal prison system and improve communication between the Federal Bureau of Prisons, Congress, and other relevant stakeholders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last month, Sen. Ossoff and Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) introduced<\/a> a bipartisan bill to improve transparency within the prison system and ensure that families are notified in a compassionate and timely manner of their loved ones\u2019 death or health challenges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Click here<\/a> to read the letter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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According to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, gang members at Pulaski State Prison are using violence against incarcerated women to generate money and maintain control within the prison Washington, D.C. \u2014 U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff is working to reduce violence and safeguard human rights at the Pulaski State Prison in Hawkinsville, Georgia. Sen. Ossoff today launched an inquiry with the Federal Bureau […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14240","press-releases","type-press-releases","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/14240","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/press-releases"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/57"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/14240\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14242,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/14240\/revisions\/14242"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14240"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14240"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14240"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}