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Justice Department sues Alabama over prison conditions

by Kim Chandler
| December 10, 2020 12:03 AM

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The U.S. Department of Justice filed a lawsuit Wednesday against Alabama over conditions in the state prisons, saying the state is failing to protect male inmates from inmate-on-inmate violence and excessive force at the hands of prison staff.

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