Good news -- Alabama taxpayers have been dunned only $1.3 million by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), which sued to end the segregation of HIV-positive inmates in the state prison system.
It’s good news because the ACLU wanted $2.4 million for its successful litigation forcing prison officials to place inmates who have a communicable, fatal illness in proximity with inmates who don’t.
Taxpayers also had to pay a private law firm, Maynard, Cooper & Gale, another $1.76 million to defend the state against the ACLU’s class-action suit, according to Al.com.
In December 2012, U.S. District Judge Myron H. Thompson issued a 152-page ruling against Alabama’s Department of Corrections, ordering it to integrate HIV-positive inmates with other inmates. Separating the inmates, the judge said, violated the federal Americans with Disabilities Act.
Okay, are we going to see the results of the study that shows how many new cases of HIV crop up among the previously uninfected at this prison? Thanks, ACLU.
Quarantine is the best word to use, because the HIV inmates ARE infected with a communicable disease.
ReplyDeleteOkay, are we going to see the results of the study that shows how many new cases of HIV crop up among the previously uninfected at this prison?
ReplyDeleteThanks, ACLU.