Five Years Ago, the United States Department of Justice Declared Alabama Prisons Unconstitutional, Unsafe, and Harmful. They Still Are. – Alabama Appleseed
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By Eddie Burkhalter, Appleseed Researcher It was five years ago today that the U.S. Department of Justice released a report detailing violations of the U.S. Constitution’s prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment for incarcerated men in Alabama prisons, and since then more than 1,000 people have died in state prison custody.  The Alabama Legislature’s Joint […]
  • Chainweasel@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    8 months ago

    5 years ago Donald Trump was president, and if Trump’s DOJ determined them to be unconstitutional, unsave, and harmful, you know they have to be pretty goddamn bad.