Native American Inmates in the Alabama Department of Corrections: Knight v. Thompson

In the lawsuit of the Thomson's case, the Native American prisoners of the Alabama State Corrective Services (ADOC) Prison System were based on the US Land Use and Institution Act of 2000 (RLUIPA) which limits the prisoners' hair. The length of ADOC's policy is questionable. § 2000 cc - 1 (a) This policy requires all male prisoners to "cut hair regularly". ADOC has no exception in this policy. This policy was initially challenged by plaintiffs and violated the Religious Freedom Recovery Act (RFRA).

In 2011, the prisoner Mark Melvin of the Kilby Correctional Institution was forbidden to read books by Alabama Correction Service officials. They said it is trying to instigate violence "based on race, religion, sex, creed or nationality." Melvin filed a lawsuit that his first amendment right was infringed. When talking about the actions of officials, Black Mon said, "Books like me are inflamed somewhat or calls for violence are very absurd." "Alias ​​slavery" was adopted as a 90-minute documentary that was first published in PBS in February 2012. This film was overseen by the co-ordinator of the twin urban public television Catherine Alan, co-officer of Black Pong, the director of Sam Pollard, the director of Sheila Karen Bernard, and the director of Laurence Fishburn. An alias of slavery made debut at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2012

As of December 2012, the two state prison systems in Alabama and South Carolina have isolated prisoners based on the status of HIV infection. On 21 December, Judge Myron Thompson of the United States District Court brought by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) on behalf of several prisoners that the practice of Alabama province is in violation of federal disability law He decided in lawsuit. On August 12, 2013, the US Bar Association's House of Representatives pointed out that the state has "an old and unsupported assumption about the ability of HIV and prison systems to handle HIV-positive prisoners." Deer announced the "smart crime" plan. This is a comprehensive initiative of the Ministry of Justice and in fact gave up decades of strict criminal offense prevention laws and policies.