Thread by @shailadewan, DOJ: Alabama Inmates Are Subjected to Excessive Forcehttps://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2020/07/23/us/ap-us-alabama-prisons.html?smid=tw-share State attorney general says [...]

DOJ: Alabama Inmates Are Subjected to Excessive Force https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2020/07/23/us/ap-us-alabama-prisons.html?smid=tw-share

DOJ: Alabama Inmates Are Subjected to Excessive Force

The U.S. Department of Justice announced Thursday that it believes Alabama’s prisons for men are unconstitutional because inmates are subjected to excessive force at the hands of prison staff.

https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2020/07/23/us/ap-us-alabama-prisons.html?smid=tw-share

State attorney general says no way will Alabama enter a consent decree: “In short, a consent decree is unacceptable and nonnegotiable. The State of Alabama shall retain her sovereignty.” 2/

Yet Alabama seems patently incapable of fixing the problems: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/03/us/alabama-prisons-doj-investigation.html?searchResultPosition=10

These prisons are ugly, twisted, violent places with sadistic guards: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/30/us/inside-americas-black-box.html?searchResultPosition=11

And this has been going on for a long time. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/28/us/alabama-prison-violence.html

An Alabama Prison’s Unrelenting Descent Into Violence

Even in a state with some of the nation’s most troubled and overcrowded prisons, St. Clair Correctional Facility stands out for its history of violence.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/28/us/alabama-prison-violence.html

New DOJ report today: "all four of the nurses heard the officer yell something to the effect of, “I am the reaper of death, now say my name!” and the prisoner begged the officer to kill him."

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/29/us/alabama-prison-inmates.html?searchResultPosition=2

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