Austin v. Hopper, No. 95-T-637-N (M.D.Ala.) (15 F.Supp.2d 1210) (August 10, 1998) (Judge Myron H. Thompson)
Loaded on Aug. 1, 1998
published in Punch and Jurists
August 24, 1998
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Prison Conditions.
As noted in our Quote of the Week below, "the degree of civilization in a society is revealed by entering its prisons". That message cannot leave one with a comfortable feeling after reading this revealing and shocking case about the conditions of prisons in the State of Alabama and the …
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