Alabama Department of Corrections: Staffing efforts show concern with prison violence

By: Ralph Chapoco

Outlets: Alabama Reflector

Published: September 9, 2026

Words: 725

Last Updated: 1 week, 2 days ago

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Attorneys for the Alabama Department of Corrections and the state last week filed a motion for summary judgment in a long-running federal lawsuit over violence in Alabama’s correctional facilities, around the same time as the U.S. Department of Justice.

Bill Lunsford, an attorney representing the state, argued that the state had worked to address staffing issues and safety within Alabama prisons, “belying any claim that the state has historically acted with indifference or continues …

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