Reluctance to fund new Alabama prisons leaves inmates in ‘cruel and unusual’ conditions

In Politics by Michael Rae

Alabama’s prisons are some of the worst in the United States with conditions deemed “cruel and unusual” by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ). While there are many reasons for that designation, the physical conditions of the prisons themselves are a large part of the problem. Alabama desperatly needs new

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