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Last year's meeting Families of inmates describe 'horrific' conditions in Alabama prisons “Because while I was in prison, it ...
Advocates, experts, formerly incarcerated individuals and family members of those behind bars Wednesday described an Alabama ...
So far this year there have been 8 homicides, and 8 suicides inside Alabama's prisons. Rust-Bodke says her brother, Ryan Rust, was back in prison on a parole violation and found the conditions ...
Today’s lawsuit follows the notification to Alabama by the DOJ in April 2019 that conditions in Alabama’s men’s prisons violated the Constitution because of the unsafe conditions.
The Justice Department filed a lawsuit against Alabama on Wednesday, saying unsafe and unsanitary conditions in the state's men's prisons violate the Constitution. The DOJ says Alabama's prison ...
In a 2019 Advertiser investigation into prison conditions, prison commissioner Jeff Dunn said it would take time to turn the Alabama prison system around, but it was a "new day, a new opportunity ...
Poor conditions: Inmates swelter in uncooled prisons during heat wave Dehumanizing experience: 4 days in chains, 3 bowel movements in a bucket: Alabama inmate 'dehumanized' by contraband search ...
Prisons in Alabama have been a major talking point for years after the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) began an investigation into facilities across the state back in 2016.
The U.S. Department of Justice is suing Alabama over the conditions in its prisons, saying the state is failing to protect male inmates from inmate-on-inmate violence and excessive force at the ...
Alabama prison conditions deemed "unconstitutional" after investigation Birmingham, Ala. — Officials in Alabama have until next week to make changes to the state's troubled prison system.
The Justice Department's 2019 report described a culture of violence across the state prisons for men By Kim Chandler • Published December 9, 2020 • Updated on December 9, 2020 at 10:27 pm ...
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The US Department of Justice filed a lawsuit Wednesday against Alabama over conditions in the state prisons, saying the state is failing to protect male inmates from inmate-on ...