>Users:   login   |  register       > email     > people    


Rights group rips state on prison assaults
By al.com
Published: 12/10/2009

Consultant reports 'lethal weaponry' at Donaldson

MONTGOMERY - A human rights group Wednesday accused the state Department of Corrections of failing to accurately report the number and seriousness of inmates assaulted in Alabama prisons.

Sarah Geraghty, an attorney for the Atlanta-based Southern Center for Human Rights, said statistics posted by the department on its Web site on the number of critical incidents at each state prison - including deaths, inmate-on-inmate assaults, fights and sexual assaults - are inaccurate and under-reported.

Read More.



Comments:

No comments have been posted for this article.


Login to let us know what you think

User Name:   

Password:       


Forgot password?





correctsource logo




Use of this web site constitutes acceptance of The Corrections Connection User Agreement
The Corrections Connection ©. Copyright 1996 - 2025 © . All Rights Reserved | 15 Mill Wharf Plaza Scituate Mass. 02066 (617) 471 4445 Fax: (617) 608 9015