...This week, attorneys at the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) and the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) submitted an emergency appeal on Diamond’s behalf that could potentially force the state of Georgia to transfer her. The emergency request is a last-ditch attempt to get Diamond out of Coastal State Prison in Garden City, where she has been sexually and physically assaulted. She has attempted to take her own life on multiple occasions. ...

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