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Known as the "angel of the prisons", Tutwiler pushed for many reforms of the Alabama penal system. In a letter sent from Julia Tutwiler in Dothan, Alabama to Frank S. White in Birmingham, Alabama, Tutwiler pushed for key issues such as the end to convict leasing, the re-establishment of night school education, and the separation of minor offenders and hardened criminals. [3]
It is operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, a division of the United States Department of Justice. It is located in unincorporated Pickens County, between Aliceville and Pickensville, and also includes a satellite prison camp for minimum-security inmates. FCI Aliceville is the first federal women's prison to be established in Alabama. [1]
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People incarcerated in Alabama face excessive force from correctional officers, a high risk of death, physical violence and sexual abuse from other prisoners and are forced to live in unsafe and ...
The Alabama prison system has been under heightened federal scrutiny for several years. A federal judge ruled in 2017 that mental health care of state inmates is “horrendously inadequate."
The Julia Tutwiler Prison for Women in Wetumpka, Alabama is named after her. [5] In addition, a large women's dormitory at the University of Alabama and a library at University of West Alabama bore her name, [4] though it was demolished in 2022. A new dormitory and parking structure, on the Alabama campus and still bearing her name, were built ...
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It had 208 cells and was surrounded by 25-foot (760 cm) walls. The first prisoner entered the prison in 1842. [3] In 1922 Wetumpka was converted to serve exclusively as a women's prison. [4] A fire destroyed a portion of the Wetumpka prison on January 23, 1931; within 40 days after the fire, the department had restored functionality in the ...