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MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama lawmakers on Wednesday headed toward swift approval of...

Alabama lawmakers are heading toward swift approval of a prison construction package that would tap $400 million of the state’s pandemic relief funds.

The Daily Yonder Alabama’s Solution to Its Prison Problem Is More Prisons Building "shiny new cages" is not going to resolve a Department of Justice lawsuit against the state's penal system, says an opponent of proposed privately-built prisons. Share this: The photo shows a sign that reads, "HELP," in the window of an inmate cell at Holman Correctional Facility in Atmore, Alabama. (AP Photo/Kim Chandler, File) In September of 2019, Janice Wisener came across two trucks and an SUV sitting in the driveway of her property outside of the small city of Tallassee in Elmore County, Alaba...

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...

The Justice Department said the state is failing to protect male inmates from inmate-on-inmate violence and excessive force at the hands of prison staff.