Braggsv.Commissioner, Alabama Department of Corrections
CourtUnited States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Docket No.22-10292
DecidedJune 24, 2026
Reporter2026 U.S. App. LEXIS
JudgesEleventh Circuit panel; see published opinion.
Tags
CivilEighth AmendmentPrison ConditionsMental-Health CareDeliberate IndifferenceProspective InjunctionPrison ReformRemandTales From the CryptBehind BarsThe SystemThe Long Shadow
Case Summary
Alabama’s prison system appealed findings that its mental-health care was systemically inadequate and challenged a multi-part injunction requiring staffing, treatment, monitoring, and remedial reforms. The Eleventh Circuit held that the extensive trial record supported system-wide Eighth Amendment liability and that the district court’s external monitoring order satisfied the Prison Litigation Reform Act’s need-narrowness-intrusiveness requirement. It affirmed the liability and monitoring orders, affirmed most of the remedy, reversed limited provisions that exceeded the proven violation, and remanded for modification.
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