Alabama officials have acknowledged problems but deny that the living conditions violate constitutional standards. Department of Justice is suing Alabama over the conditions in its prisons, saying the state is failing to protect male inmates from inmate-on-inmate violence and excessive force at the hands of prison staff. Officials said the reduced rations and the lack of visits were the result of a prisoner labor shortage. Inmates and activists have accused the Department of Corrections of using pressure tactics in an attempt to end the demonstration. The Alabama Department of Corrections said Friday that two facilities for men continue to have complete work stoppages, and three facilities have partial work stoppages.
Inmates refused to show up for jobs in prison kitchens, janitorial services and laundries, jobs that keep the prisons functioning but for which the inmates receive no pay. The rally followed a three-week work strike at many prisons aimed at seeking changes to state sentencing laws and the parole system. Tombstones were placed on the white marble steps of the Alabama Capitol to represent the men who died in Alabama prisons from suicides, murders and overdoses. More than 200 people joined the rally outside the Capitol.
Montgomery: People with relatives and loved ones in Alabama prisons rallied outside the state Capitol Friday to decry what they described as inhumane conditions behind bars and a parole process that sees few inmates released.
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