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Alabama DOC Quickly Settles Prison Working Conditions Suit
Loaded on Jan. 15, 2003
by John E Dannenberg
published in Prison Legal News
January, 2003, page 12
by John E. Dannenberg
Filed under:
Work,
Prison Industries,
Prison Labor,
Workplace Injury,
Work Conditions/Safety,
HIV/AIDS,
Toxic Fumes/Chemicals,
Sewage.
Location:
Michigan.
On January 8, 2002, a scant two months after being sued, Alabama Department of Corrections (DOC) officials settled a class action complaint filed on behalf of 200 prison workers at the Elmore Correctional Facility who were subject to severely unsanitary and dangerous conditions while working at ...
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