" to pervasive prisoner-on-prisoner attacks and sexual abuse, and failed to maintain facilities that are"sanitary, safe, or secure."
"This unconstitutional behavior will not be solved by building newer, larger prisons," says Ebony Howard, senior supervising attorney for the Southern Poverty Law Center which sued the state over inhumane conditions. "While we recognized the challenges of correcting systemic constitutional deficiencies in Alabama prisons that have existed for decades, now is the time for significant reform," says Richard Moore, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Alabama.
I'm assuming there may be a smidgen of violence coming from the inmate side in these horrible miscarriages of justice? No. Sorry. Just asking. Foolish thought.
Another word for “fatal incident” from use of force is “murder.”
Time to revisit/repeal the prison litigation reform act and give Americans in prison their due process in court. Everyone has value, everyone can change.
Abusive cops outside, abusive corrections officers inside.
AlabamaPrison Are these the same brutes unleashed by Trump on streets of Oregon beating protesters, pepper spraying, teargassing, shoot projectiles, carting them in unmarked vans and dumping them in prisons? Wishing health safety
WHAT
Zero reporting of the train rides China is passing out... yes NPR “America” bad.
We should probably close them all down huh tax payer funded 'nonpartisan' organization?
Why do they call them 'batons' when used like a 'club'? And why can they employ weapons banned by the Geneva Convention?
beating someone with a stick can cause brain damage go figure
OH PLEASE! This has been ignored in so many prisons in the south for decades-including when Barr was AG for Bush from 1991-1993.
How is this suprising?!?
Oh, so what they're doing to protestors
Maybe they should only hire those with Bachelors degree, emphasis on education tends to elevate the primordial individual response to violence as a solution. Imo
WELL I MEAN THEY ARE IN PRISON! ITS NOT SUPPOSED TO BE A VACATION!
There is a lot of that going around these days
HighNoonMedia Oh.
Murder.
Lol oh well
'the use of batons, chemical spray and physical force by Alabama prison staff often resulted in serious inmate injuries.'
Shawshank-like, without the escape?
It’s a shame bc a lot of these ppl in corrections are there to make the inmates life worse. I’ve seen this as 1st hand experience.
Inmates are abused everywhere in some form or another. If not physical then it's $5-a-minute phone calls to family, or food that you wouldn't feed to your pets, or overcrowding to the point of waiting days for a shower. Every inmate has a story to tell, but nobody listens.
GovernorKayIvey
Wow. Hell of a study there.
Sorry, not enough info as usual with these headlines.
Not surprising in that it's Alabama, one of the WORST STATES TO LIVE IN in all the USA. They have so much poverty it's appalling.
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Inmates also have human rights. But the reality is 💔
'In one fatal incident, the force used against an inmate caused EXTENSIVE BLEEDING in multiple parts of his brain' – Sad AND shameful... CC: 60Minutes CC: MeetThePress CC: ThisWeekABC BCC: TheJusticeDept BCC: GovernorKayIvey
Yes, they commit crimes but, they are serving their time. Logically, they are being punished by not securing a normal, free life outside of bars so I’m lost how anybody thinks they deserve abuse as an additive punishment! They are still human beings!
jail and prison are such huge scams. I wonder who took all of those bribes? Maybe some sort of a news organization could find out?
1 Do something wrong that needs to be stopped. 2 Keep doing when asked not to. 3 Hard part. Get sprayed and beaten. 4 Sue the government. 5 Get your money and get out of jail card.
Decarcerate!
At first, I thought this report was about Portland.
Now we know who's beating people in the streets of Portland.
If you can't do the time Don't do the crime
This just in: Violence with weapons can cause injury
Terrorism causes Terrorism, until everyone is dead.
Meanwhile, back in Portland..
Duh, it’s prison not college
That’s what happens in prisons
shocking
Shame. But glad DOJ was on it.
This shouldn't be political. Beating someone's skull into pieces isn't discipline or keeping order, it's being a criminal.
Now do womens. Just a whole lot of human rights violations waiting to be discovered.
This isn't a Airbnb the people there can't just pick a better prison
I’m sorry. I’ve been told the DOJ is politicized and untrustworthy, so this investigation cannot be believed.
Doubtful
The DOJ still does investigations?
To NPR: and what brings these correctional officers to use disciplinary action against these inmates. I want both side of this bull s**t story.
Happy to hear glad some one isn't letting the convicts run the jail!!!
Prison is barbarity incarnate. That such institutions exist exemplify how rotten societal morals are worldwide.
What does “putting them on notice” actually mean? Smh
Alabama
gee...just finding that out now huh🤔
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