Prisons
Last week, more individuals in ADOC prisons continued to leave in body bags than parole.
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Austin Vigue announces campaign for 2nd Congressional District
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Skills for Success courses approved for high school career readiness indicators
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Demands for Medicaid expansion increase amid coalition growth, new data
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- Opinion
Prisons
Gov. Kay Ivey and Senate President Gred Reed responded Tuesday to a letter sent by U.S. House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler.
Prisons
Some Alabama lawmakers want to use $400 million of Alabama's federal COVID aid to help build new prisons.
Prisons
The proclamation calls for prison construction and renovation, and consideration of two reform bills that failed to pass during the last legislative session.
Prisons
The state is being sued by the U.S. Department of Justice over Alabama's deadly prisons.
Legislature
The DOJ says new prisons alone won't solve Alabama's crisis. Republicans need Democratic support to pass a prison construction bill.
Legislature
The special session is set for Sept. 27.
News
Billy Smith died in 2017 after being beaten at Elmore Correctional Facility. The state charged both a prisoner and a guard for the death.
News
The proposal calls for building two new prisons for men, one women's prison, renovations to several others and the closure of four prisons.
Prisons
The students are joined by the prosecutor in the man's trial, former Attorney General Bill Baxley and others in asking for a new trial.
Prisons
ACLU of Alabama's "Statehouse-to-Prison Pipeline" report found that 53 of 139 bills that would worsen the crisis passed last session.
