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The Department of Justice filed suit against Alabama on Wednesday, alleging that officials failed to provide adequate safety standards for male inmates in state prisons.

The justice department’s 2019 report described a culture of violence across the state prisons for men with frequent rapes, beatings and fatal stabbings at the hands of fellow prisoners and a management system that undercounts homicides and fails to protect prisoners even when warned. The July report on excessive force noted that at least two inmates died at the end of 2019 after use of force by officers. It listed a litany of other incidents including a prison guard beating a handcuffed prisoner in a medical unit while shouting, “I am the reaper of death, now say my name!” as the prison...

Justice Department sues Alabama over men’s prison conditions By Jonathan Grass | December 9, 2020 at 5:37 PM CST - Updated December 9 at 8:39 PM MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - The U.S. Department of Justice has filed a lawsuit against the state of Alabama and the Alabama Department of Corrections. The complaint alleges that the conditions at Alabama’s prisons for men violate the Constitution. The department says Alabama does not provide adequate protection against prisoner-on-prisoner violence and prisoner-on-prisoner sexual abuse. Prosecutors also say ADOC is not providing safe and...