Legal Opinion
Braggs v. Dunn
District Court, M.D. Alabama
Decided January 2, 2019No. CIVIL ACTION NO. 2:14cv601-MHTPublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Myron H. Thompson, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
*1269In June 2017, this court found that the Alabama prison system's "persistent and severe shortages of mental-health staff and correctional staff" are a significant factor causing the State to provide constitutionally inadequate mental-health care to prisoners. See Braggs v. Dunn , 257 F. Supp. 3d 1171, 1267-68 (M.D. Ala. 2017) (Thompson, J.). As part of the remedy, the court ordered the Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) to file under seal quarterly mental-health and correctional staffing reports. See Phase 2A Understaffing Remedial Order…
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