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 ...

Last year's meeting Families of inmates describe 'horrific' conditions in Alabama prisons “Because while I was in prison, it ...

Th department has filed a complaint saying conditions in the state’s prisons for men are unconstitutional and Alabama fails to protect inmates from assaults and neglects to provide safe and ...

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.

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 ...

The U.S. 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-inmate violence ...

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 ...

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 ...

Alabama prison conditions deemed "unconstitutional" after investigation 03:37 Birmingham, Ala. — Officials in Alabama have until next week to make changes to the state's troubled prison system.

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 ...

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 ...