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The Justice Department said the state is failing to protect male inmates from inmate-on-inmate violence and excessive force at the hands of prison staff.
By Ryan Shepard
Dec 10, 2020
The Mobile County Sheriff s Department is catching heat for making an irresponsible post on Facebook. Heading into the holiday season, the office posted a Christmas tree with mugshots as ornaments. The post was made as part of the county s ongoing Thug Thursday series.
Hours after the post was made, it made the rounds on social media before the Alabama NAACP caught wind of it. Alabama NAACP President
Bernard Simelton called the post despicable and the ACLU of Alabama accused the department of utilizing a symbol of holiday cheer to “disparage people with future harm.”
Instead of apologizing for the post, the department doubled down. In a lengthy statement, the sheriff s department said that the message of the post was getting lost by people out of town.
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