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Justice Department details immediate changes it wants to fix constitutional violations in Alabama's prisons.

FILE - In this June 18, 2015, file photo, prisoners stand in a crowded lunch line during a prison tour at Elmore Correctional Facility in Elmore, Ala. The Justice Department has determined that Alabama's prisons are violating the Constitution by failing to protect inmates from violence and sexual abuse and by housing them in unsafe and overcrowded facilities, according to a scathing report Wednesday, April 3, 2019, that described the problems as "severe" and "systemic.

— Hire 500 additional corrections officers in prisons in the short-term, but by 2020 bring staffing in compliance with a judge's orders in an ongoing prison mental health lawsuit. The judge has said the state will need to add as many as 2,000 or more officers by 2022.— Stop subjecting victims to discipline for unrelated conduct when they seek help or protection from harm.

— Consult with an approved expert on other ways of detecting illegal drugs and other contraband, and change screening methods accordingly.

 

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