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Alabama Ends Chain Gang Experiment
Loaded on Sept. 15, 2001
published in Prison Legal News
September, 2001, page 4
Filed under:
Prison Labor,
Chain Gangs,
Conditions of Confinement,
Failure to Protect (General),
Clothing,
Toilets,
Water,
Exposure to Heat,
Restraints.
Location:
Alabama.
A federal district court in Alabama has approved a settlement between Alabama state prisoners and the prison system, effectively ending Alabama's flirtation with chain gangs. The court also held that the practice of chaining prisoners to a "hitching post" is unconstitutional, cruel and unusual punishment.
Alabama state prisoners Michael …
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