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Groups sue over Alabama prison conditions
By gadsdentimes.com- Kim Chandler
Published: 06/18/2014

MONTGOMERY — Two advocacy groups filed a lawsuit Tuesday against the Alabama prison system, claiming the state is failing to provide basic medical and mental health care to inmates.

Attorney Maria Morris of the Southern Poverty Law Center said the state has long known about the problems but has failed to bring care up to humane and constitutional conditions.

“The results that we found are shameful. People are suffering and even dying because their obvious medical and mental health care needs are not being met,” Morris said.

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