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The U.S. Department of Justice has sued Alabama and the state Department of Corrections, alleging the state continues to violate the rights of its prisoners in facilities that are "riddled" with violence.  The lawsuit is an escalation of a years-long federal probe into Alabama's men's prisons that first resulted in a scathing 2019 report outlining unsafe and unsanitary living conditions, in addition to rampant drug abuse and violence among its prison populations. In July, the DOJ released additional findings, revealing a systemic culture of excessive force and violence used by prison staff...

December 11, 2020 9:09 AM ET Font Size: Democratic Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam told Virginians Thursday that they don’t need to be in church for God to hear their prayers.  “For me, God is wherever you are,” Northam said. “You don’t have to sit in the church pew for God to hear your prayers.” Northam is not the only lawmaker who has been accused of restricting religious freedom. Governors and mayors across the United States have issued orders throughout the pandemic that restrict or prohibit religious services, and the DOJ has pushed back against such restrictions on multiple occ...

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The Justice Department on Friday sided with a group of Catholic high schools in Michigan suing the state over an emergency health order banning in-person classes at religious schools.

The Birmingham Times The U.S. Justice Department on Wednesday filed suit against the State of Alabama and the Alabama Department of Corrections alleging that the conditions at Alabama’s prisons for men violate the Constitution. The suit contends that the state fails to provide adequate protection from prisoner-on-prisoner violence and prisoner-on-prisoner sexual abuse, fails to provide safe and sanitary conditions, and subjects prisoners to excessive force at the hands of prison staff. “The United States Constitution requires Alabama to make sure that its prisons are safe and humane,” s...