April 24, 2023
A sheriff agreed to a $2 million deal to end a U.S. Department of Justice lawsuit alleging that inmates at an Alabama jail were allowed to sexually harass and assault female guards with impunity.
March 10, 2021
Female corrections officers at an Alabama jail endured nonstop vulgarity from inmates while higher-ups discouraged or outright ignored attempts to have those inmates disciplined, civil rights lawyers from the U.S. Department of Justice said in a suit filed Wednesday.