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Contract Review Committee holds ADOC contracts over prison litigation costs
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Alabama Political Reporter
Before discussion shifted to the legal contracts, England and other committee members discussed the broader mental health system that funnels many people into Alabama’s prisons.
Still, he emphasized that the Braggs litigation centered on how the Department of Corrections treats prisoners once they are already in state custody.
The committee later reviewed an amendment increasing Butler Snow’s Braggs litigation contract by $3 million, bringing the contract’s total value to approximately $4.65 million.
“If I told you that we had already spent about $17 million on Braggs litigation … this will be another three to four million, so the Braggs litigation would have put us at about $21 million for lawyers,” England said.
The committee then considered another amendment adding $30 million to Lunsford’s contract for the Department of Justice lawsuit over Alabama’s men’s prisons.