Alabama Department of Corrections

Healthy Reentry Provides Medication to 1,000th Person Released from Alabama Prisons

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Thursday, February 1, 2024
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Healthy Reentry aims to reduce the recidivism rate in Alabama by eliminating the medication gap that occurs when someone is released from prison.

Key Points: 
  • Healthy Reentry aims to reduce the recidivism rate in Alabama by eliminating the medication gap that occurs when someone is released from prison.
  • Through the Healthy Reentry program, individuals are released from Alabama prisons with 30 days of medication from YesCare and receive an additional 60 days of mental health and physical health medication at no cost through Rx Outreach.
  • The Healthy Reentry program was piloted in St. Louis in 2016 and expanded through private donations and grants to include all people released from Missouri prisons on parole.
  • Besides Alabama, the program provides bridge medications for people released in Wyoming and will launch in Louisville, Kentucky in March.

First class: Auburn University to graduate first class of students at Staton Correctional Facility

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Friday, December 15, 2023
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AUBURN, Ala., Dec. 15, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- A college education can mean a pathway to a brighter future, a chance for a better life. It's that extra credential needed to land the dream job you've always wanted, to prepare you to improve your community.

Key Points: 
  • Kenny lived in Auburn for three years, but said he wasn't in the right mindset back then to enroll at the university.
  • They never entered a classroom on the Plains; their classes were held in a stark white, non-descript room at Staton Correctional Facility in Elmore County, Alabama.
  • These 11 students will receive their Auburn degrees on Dec. 16, one week after the university graduates nearly 2,000 students.
  • They represent the first class of students to graduate from Auburn through the Second Chance Pell program.

Approximately 1,800 Survivors of Sexual Assault File Lawsuits Against New York For Being Sexually Assaulted by Correctional Staff While Incarcerated

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Tuesday, November 21, 2023
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NEW YORK, Nov. 21, 2023  /PRNewswire/ -- The State of New York, the City of New York, and 20 counties are among the defendants that have been named in a series of individual civil actions alleging that as many as 1,771 individuals were sexually assaulted while incarcerated in facilities run by the New York State Department of Correctional Services (DOCS), the New York City Department of Correction (DOC), and county-run Departments of Correction throughout New York State. The lawsuits were filed under the Adult Survivors Act ("ASA") by attorneys at Slater Slater Schulman LLP, a leading, full-service law firm with decades of experience representing survivors of traumatic and catastrophic events.

Key Points: 
  • Slater Slater Schulman LLP represents the largest number of survivors of prison abuse committed in New York State.
  • "Our clients endured absolute horrors while incarcerated in New York State – each story is worse than the next.
  • The ASA's extended window for filing lawsuits constituted a significant milestone in addressing the profound abuse endured by these survivors.
  • NOTE: Individuals seeking to be linked to resources for sexual assault survivors can call 800.656.HOPE (4673) to be connected with a trained staff member from a sexual assault service provider in your area.

Employees Sue Talladega College for Sexual Harassment and Wage Theft

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Friday, August 26, 2022
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TALLADEGA, Ala., Aug. 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Three employees filed a federal lawsuit against Talladega College this week charging, among other things, that the college routinely failed to pay them overtime and subjected them to a hostile work environment rife with sexual harassment, degradation, and fear. The women are represented by Artur Davis (HKM Employment Attorneys) and Arnold Lizana (Law Offices of Arnold J Lizana III).

Key Points: 
  • Women say the college ignored harassment, failed to pay overtime and retaliated against them for telling the truth
    TALLADEGA, Ala., Aug. 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Three employees filed a federal lawsuit against Talladega College this week charging, among other things, that the college routinely failed to pay them overtime and subjected them to a hostile work environment rife with sexual harassment, degradation, and fear.
  • The women are represented by Artur Davis ( HKM Employment Attorneys ) and Arnold Lizana ( Law Offices of Arnold J Lizana III ).
  • Among the examples outlined in the lawsuit is harassment by a state inmate working at the college as part of a work release program.
  • The lawsuit alleges that supervisors and senior executives were made aware of the harassment complaints, but never informed Talladega's Title IX Coordinator, the official responsible for investigating sexual harassment on campus.