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Proposal for New Alabama State Prisons a Priority at Regular Sessions

September 19, 2017January 14, 2019 Correctional News 2363 Views ADOC, Alabama, alabama-department-of-corrections, Cam Ward, Jeff Dunn, Regular Sessions, Robert Bentley, Tutwiler Prison for Women

The plan to build four new Alabama state prisons was a top priority for legislators at the 2017 Regular Session on Sept. 1.

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Inmates Sue Alabama DOC Over Mental Health Care

February 1, 2017February 1, 2017 Correctional News 2757 Views alabama-department-of-corrections, alabama-prisons, Lawsuit, mental-illness, suicide, u-s-district-judge-myron-thompson

Inmates with mental illness currently incarcerated in Alabama prisons are suing the Alabama Department of Corrections.

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