Alabama Prisons Ruled 'Horrendously Inadequate,' Must Improve

[Judi Lynn]

Source: National Public Radio

June 27, 20175:14 PM ET


A federal judge is ordering Alabama to improve the way it treats mentally ill prisoners after ruling that the state fails to provide constitutionally adequate mental health care in state lockups.

U.S. District Judge Myron Thompson of Montgomery says Alabama is putting prisoners' lives at risk with "horrendously inadequate" care and a lack of services for inmates with psychiatric problems.

The ruling comes in a class action lawsuit brought by inmates who argued the conditions violated the U.S. Constitution's ban on cruel and unusual punishment.

"This ruling means that prisoners with mental illness may finally get the treatment they have been denied for so long," says Maria Morris, senior supervising attorney with the Southern Poverty Law Center in Montgomery, which represents some of prisoners who sued.

Read more: http://www.npr.org/2017/06/27/534601344/alabama-prisons-ruled-horrendously-inadequate-must-improve?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=news

[Matthew28]

1. Alabama is like a third world country

This is kind of like what they want for us all.

[Solly Mack]

2. K&R

[mountain grammy]

3. I would say the 8th amendment is violated

all over America.. but here's the thing.. ruling or no ruling, will Alabama appropriate one dime to fix this? Doubtful.

[Cryptoad]

4. Well,,,, there goes what is left in the

Alabama Education Trust Fund..... AKA the GOP money tree to steal from to keep the state afloat!

[Sunlei]

5. if these prisoners were animals the agency would be charged with felony animal abuse & convicted.

multiple accounts.

[Aristus]

6. They're not supposed to be adequate. They're supposed to be profitable.