article_snippet.sent: We urge the state of Georgia to embrace desperately needed changes to their correctional system,’ their statement concluded.
article_snippet.sent: It was the first time such an operation has been ordered in California.
article_snippet.sent: Department of Corrections spokeswoman Gwendolyn Hogan wrote in an email that the agency doesn't comment on pending litigation.
article_snippet.sent: While similar cases have been brought in other courts, the Justice Department officials said this is the first time the agency has gotten involved in one of these cases.
article_snippet.sent: If Georgia disagrees, that sort of holds out the possibility of some future legal conflict between the state and the federal government,' Georgia State University law professor Russell Covey said. '
article_snippet.sent: Southern Poverty Law Center staff attorney Chinyere Ezie said in an emailed statement Friday that the Justice Department brief bolsters their arguments. '
article_snippet.sent: The previous order in a Massachusetts case was overturned last year and is being appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court.