LIMESTONE COUNTY, Ala. – Ever since the Department of Justice released a report saying Alabama’s prisons were violating the 8th amendment, momentum has built in the Alabama Department of Corrections through the federal DOJ’s investigation.
Several hunger strikes have caught the attention of those outside the state prisons, and some local and national prisoners’ rights and abolitionist groups have come together to help speak for the incarcerated.
On Saturday they held a protest outside of the Limestone Correctional Facility to raise awareness of what’s going on inside. [READ ARTICLE]