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Alabama Prisons

A sign reading "HELP" is posted in the window of an inmate cell during a tour along with state officials at Holman Correctional Facility in Atmore, Alabama on Oct. 22, 2019. (Kim Chandler/AP)

The U.S. Department of Justice filed a lawsuit Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2020, 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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