Justice for Willie Simmons<p>Blood Money: Alabama Department of Corrections pays to settle lawsuits alleging excessive force</p><p>ADOC agreed to settlements in nearly 100 lawsuits alleging corrections officers left inmates with broken bones and brain damage. State taxpayers are footing the bill.</p><p>> Forty-five percent of the lawsuits detailed injuries so severe that the victims required hospitalization, ranging from lacerations requiring stitches to broken bones, many requiring surgery.</p><p><a href="https://alabamareflector.com/2025/05/19/blood-money-alabama-department-of-corrections-pays-to-settle-excessive-force-cases/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">alabamareflector.com/2025/05/1</span><span class="invisible">9/blood-money-alabama-department-of-corrections-pays-to-settle-excessive-force-cases/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/alabama" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>alabama</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/doc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>doc</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/excessive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>excessive</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/force" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>force</span></a></p>