“The Constitution requires prison officials to take reasonable steps to protect the people in their custody,” a DOJ official said.
The U.S. Department of Justice filed a brief last week in a decade-old lawsuit filed by former and current inmates of an Alabama prison that alleges pervasive prisoner-on-prisoner violence and sexual assaults , warning prison officials not to violate the prisoners’ constitutional rights.
“The United States has a substantial interest in protecting the constitutional rights of all people, including prisoners, and ensuring the proper application of the legal standards grounded in the Eighth Amendment,” the statement read. “The Constitution requires prison officials to take reasonable steps to protect the people in their custody,” said Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division in a statement released Monday. “We must not allow violence and sexual abuse to run rampant in our prisons and jails. We are committed to securing the constitutional rights of all people, including those who are incarcerated.
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