The Department of Justice and the state have asked a federal court to terminate most of the provisions in a consent decree entered in 2015.
A decade after finding that Alabama failed to protect women incarcerated at Julia Tutwiler Prison from sexual abuse and harassment, the U.S. Department of Justice is preparing to scale back its oversight of the prison.
Reports from court-appointed monitors show the Alabama Department of Corrections has complied with almost all of the requirements at Tutwiler over the last six years. According to the last monitor’s report on Sept. 12, Tutwiler was in compliance with all 44 provisions in the consent decree. The consent decree’s requirements concerning staffing levels and a staffing plan to safely operate the prison are among those that would remain in effect.
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