A prison cell in Holman Correctional Facility in Atmore, Alabama, as seen on Oct. 22, 2019. The Contract Review Committee approved a $200,000 contract to pay a law firm to defend ADOC against alleged civil rights abuses. (File)
A legislative committee Thursday approved legal contracts for the Alabama Department of Corrections involving prison construction and alleged civil rights violations by a corrections officer.
Members of the Contract Review Oversight Committee approved a two-year, $200,000 contract with Terri O. Tompkins, Esq. of Tuscaloosa-based Rosen Harwood, PA. The contract will be paid at the state’s standard rate of $195 per hour.
Tompkins will represent the ADOC in the case of Elizabeth McElroy vs. Gwendolyn Givens out of the U.S. District Court from the Northern District of Alabama.
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“This was necessitated by an amended complaint filed a year after the initial complaint,” said Clay Crenshaw, chief deputy attorney general with the Alabama Attorney General’s Office. “We have a conflict-of-interest situation that resulted in having to hire a new lawyer.”