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Georgia Inmate Beating Was on Facebook Before Guards Knew
Cortez Berry
(CBS News) – Disturbing photos of a teen beaten at a Georgia prison — apparently captured on an inmate’s cellphone — made it onto Facebook before corrections officials even knew he had been hurt, the victim’s family told NBC News on Wednesday.
Cortez Berry was assaulted at the Al Burruss Correctional Training Center in Forsyth in what his family says was an gang attack. The assailants apparently posted cellphone pictures to Facebook showing Berry crouched below two shirtless young men, his eye swollen shut and his neck threaded through a makeshift leash.
After seeing the pictures online, his relatives say they made panicked calls to the facility that went unanswered until Berry’s aunt, Shavonda Wright, drove to the prison and knocked on the door.
“I rang the buzzer, nobody came,” said Wright, 34. “So then I called and I said you have to go check on my nephew. I said there is something wrong with him because we have seen disturbing photos.”
![“You do not have to worry about job security … ROFL … so long as there’s a [n----r] in our county, you will have a full slate,” an unidentified high-ranking Delaware County Adult Probation & Parole Supervisor wrote in one of the e-mails that was shared with at least three other county officials and third parties, according to Original Media Group. (Photo: iSotckphoto / NNPA)](https://blackpressusa.com/wp-content/uploads/parole-probation-featured-web-400x240.jpg)
![“You do not have to worry about job security … ROFL … so long as there’s a [n----r] in our county, you will have a full slate,” an unidentified high-ranking Delaware County Adult Probation & Parole Supervisor wrote in one of the e-mails that was shared with at least three other county officials and third parties, according to Original Media Group. (Photo: iSotckphoto / NNPA)](https://blackpressusa.com/wp-content/uploads/parole-probation-featured-web-80x80.jpg)
