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| Officials, critics agree change was needed at DOC |
| By montgomeryadvertiser.com- Brian Lyman |
| Published: 02/02/2015 |
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Whatever their other thoughts about his performance, no one questions former Alabama Department of Corrections Commissioner Kim Thomas' earnest desire to address the crisis in the state's prison system. But his departure from the position last week after four years appeared to signal that even his supporters believed new leadership was needed to start the long and difficult process of alleviating chronic overcrowding in Alabama's correctional facilities, which stood at 186 percent capacity in September. Overcrowding — a problem that long predated Thomas — has undergirded many of the other issues in the system. There have been at least six homicides at the St. Clair Correctional Facility in recent years. The U.S. Department of Justice has reported sexual violence and harassment of inmates at the Julia Tutwiler Prison for Women in Wetumpka; DOJ is conducting an investigation of the facility. Additional allegations of physical or sexual violence have been leveled at three other state prisons, including the Elmore County Correctional Facility, and state officials have openly discussed the possibility of the system falling into receivership. Read More. |
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