![]() ![]() An inmate who does this will likely be targetted for violent retribution from the assailant and his allies. This is because the prison authorities require an inmate reporting these crimes to name the assailant. Prison assaults and rapes are also very likely tremendously undercounted. Prison Policy Insures Crimes Are Vastly Underreported One staff member made $75,000 doing this, while his prisoner accomplice made At one prison eleven officers were caught dealing drugs to inmates. But the reportĬoncludes that the #1 way drugs are brought in is by correction officer Locations, visitors, and people throwing bags over the fences. Into the prisons in a variety of ways- staff, prisoners arriving from other Attacks by prisoners wielding metal, homemade knives, and prison made ice picks were regular occurrences. That same month a CO was punched and kicked by an inmate, who upon being searched was found to have on him a five inch box cutter with a razor blade. ![]() In March 2018 a CO was attacked by 7 inmates with homemade knives and cut in the stomach. In 2016 a corrections officer (CO) was stabbed in the head and killed by an inmate angry about not being given a second serving of food. An anonymous warden calls the staffing levels ‘barbaric’ and says that they result in both the inmates and corrections officers being in extreme danger. One Warden, at Alabama’s Holman prison, said she often has ‘probably 11’ staff for a shift to maintain order at her facility that houses 800 inmates. Staffing levels are so inadequate there is no way the guards can ensure safety. Remember, this is all in one week! Inadequate Staff Meanwhile searches turned up 12 plastic bags of an unknown substance, 79 cigarettes laced with drugs, two bags of cookie dough (a powder made of poisonous chemicals that is mixed with tobacco and smoked), and a bag of methamphetamine. He had overdosed on a synthetic cannabinoid. ![]() Highlights from later in the week include prisoners setting fire to the blanket of another prisoner who was sleeping, a prisoner taken to hospital due to a stab wound to the shoulder, and a prisoner found unresponsive on the floor who died. A second prisoner was injured by fists, then aĬorrection officer was threatened with a 7 inch homemade knife. The hospital by another injured in the eye by a fist, and another prisoner was Later that week was another beating, and then a prisoner was beatenīy two other prisoners wielding socks filled with metal locks. Prisoner was stabbed multiple times and had to be evacuated by helicopter to a The initial victim eventually crawled to the front door, where other prisoners had to bang to get the attention of security staff. He screamed for help, but no guards came, and another prisoner who tried to save him was also stabbed. In the back of the room two prisoners began stabbing a victim. The first incident detailed in the report explains how in September 2017 two inmates stood watch at the entrance to an open dormitory in which inmates are housed in bunk beds. Section C- The Alabama Department ofĬorrections (ADOC) does not reasonably protect prisoners from rampant violence.Ĭ2- Excessive deaths due to violent, deadly assaults. You can read a summary (and the whole report) on this page from NPR. Department of Justice sent a 56 page letter to Alabama Governor Kay Ivey detailing their finding that Alabama’s prisons are so rife with violence and sexual abuse that prisoners are subjected to cruel and unusual punishment and the state is in violation of the U.S. ![]() Department of Justice demonstrates how horrifically opposite is the case. The confinement of such a vast number of citizens would raise important moral, legal, and social questions even if these people were held in conditions that are safe, provide needed treatment for addiction and other medical concerns, are rehabilitative in nature, and provide strong preparation for reentry into society. The United States has 5% of the world’s population, but houses approximately 25% of the world’s prisoners. ![]()
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