The department announced in a news release Friday that it was canceling visitation at Holmes Correctional Institution and Gulf Correctional Institution Annex. Since then, out-of-cell time has been restored gradually except in one housing unit, where information and behavior did not support that, Smith said.
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The Alabama Department of Corrections is reporting an inmate work stoppage at the William C. Holman Correctional Facility in Atmore.
Horton said the warden and correctional officers have maintained proper security inside the facility, and ADOC staff are delivering routine services to the inmates without incident. State Sen. Dave Hansen (D-Green Bay) also called for an investigation of the prison in the wake of the attacks.
The riot is the latest in a series of disturbances that have plagued the agency since January.
Kim Schultz, president of the union representing the department’s officers, called the situation “extremely risky”. There is no way if something happens that they have the manpower to control it, ” Schultz said. “All of them are located in Region 1, in the Panhandle”, the Herald reports.
Friday, September 9th marks the 45th anniversary of the Attica Prison riot NY state, and inmates and inmates rights groups across the country have planned demonstrations to highlight the deplorable conditions in prisons today. Grassroots groups across the country have been organizing strikes to protest inhumane treatment, civil rights abuses and working conditions.
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In July, an inmate threw boiling water on a correctional officer.
