“Families speak about horrors in Alabama prisons at oversight meeting”

AL Political Reporter: “Many families shared their experiences with lawmakers, detailing the treatment of their incarcerated loved ones by the Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC).

The public comment during the meeting lasted nearly two hours, with over a dozen people speaking. Nearly every speaker discussed the dangerous conditions in ADOC prisons, including abuse, murder, and corruption by correctional officers, callous treatment by wardens, and a lack of accountability.

ADOC Commissioner Jon Hamm was notably absent from the prison oversight committee meeting.”