Belinda Maley, center, mother of Matthew Loflin, who died in the Chatham County Detention Center in Georgia, speaks to subcommittee chair Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Ga., and ranking member Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., next to Vanessa Fano, sister of Jonathan Fano, who died in the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison in Louisiana, far left, and Andrea Armstrong, Professor of Law at Loyola University New Orleans College of Law, at right, after the three testified to a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Subcommi

Belinda Maley, center, mother of Matthew Loflin, who died in the Chatham County Detention Center in Georgia, speaks to subcommittee chair Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Ga., and ranking member Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., after testifying to a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on Investigations hearing.

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A ten-month investigation by the Senate’s bipartisan Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations found the U.S. Department of Justice undercounted nearly 1,000 prison deaths in a single year.

Women make up more than half of the electorate in the Peach State, but while Democrats boast a majority-female statewide ticket, Republicans lag far behind.

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