Federal court rules Alabama treatment of prisoners in isolation unconstitutional
A federal court ruled Monday that Alabama’s prison system fails to adequately evaluate the mental health of inmates during isolation in segregation cells. The treatment of the inmates is unconstitutional and violates the Eighth Amendment, U.S. District Judge Myron Thompson wrote in a ruling that found the Alabama Department of Corrections to be “deliberately indifferent” … Continue reading Federal court rules Alabama treatment of prisoners in isolation unconstitutional
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