Prisons Will the Legislature address prison overcrowding before session’s end? Rep. Jim Hill's bill which would give judges more discretion in sentencing faces an uphill climb in the state Senate. Chance Phillips1 day ago
Health 24th Alabama inmate dies after testing positive for COVID Willie Bernard Collins, 67, died on Oct. 1 after battling the disease for 113 days. Eddie BurkhalterOctober 6, 2020
News Former Tutwiler inmate’s legacy of compassion, advocacy for prisoners remembered Mary Kay Beard, who died in 2016, at 71, was honored at an event at Tutwiler on Sept. 25 organized by Prison Fellowship. Micah DanneyOctober 5, 2020
Featured Opinion Opinion | Mike Hubbard: Prisoner No. 1 Former Alabama House Speaker Mike Hubbard is now the state's most famous inmate, and as prisoner No. 1, he deserves no more and no... Bill BrittSeptember 8, 2020
Governor Police Chiefs Association “wholeheartedly” supports Ivey’s prison plan Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey on Thursday announced the two developer teams that are to build the state’s three new mega prisons. Ivey said those... Brandon MoseleySeptember 4, 2020
Courts Federal court orders outside monitoring of Alabama prisons’ mental health care A federal judge has ordered external monitoring of mental health care in Alabama’s prisons, noting a long and disturbing history of inadequate care and... Josh MoonSeptember 3, 2020
Governor Gov. Kay Ivey announces locations for three new prisons Gov. Kay Ivey on Thursday announced the two developer teams that are to build the state’s three new mega prisons, and said those prisons... Eddie BurkhalterSeptember 3, 2020
Health Seventeenth Alabama inmate dies after testing positive for COVID-19 William Edward King, 65, is the 17th Alabama inmate to die after testing positive for COVID-19. King tested positive for COVID-19 on June 1... Eddie BurkhalterAugust 14, 2020
Health Two top officials at Taylor Hardin resign as continued staff shortages result in assaults The facility’s director and director of nursing both abruptly resigned around July 24, and although there have been rumors as to why among staff,... Eddie BurkhalterAugust 12, 2020
National Attorneys ask court to intervene over numerous Alabama inmate suicides Charles Braggs died by suicide in an Alabama prison after being kept in solitary confinement for more than two years. His suicide and a... Eddie BurkhalterAugust 5, 2020
Featured Opinion Opinion | Humane Alabama prisons would be a real surprise Just some Christlike compassion and decent management. Getting either in Alabama’s prisons would be a huge surprise. Josh MoonAugust 3, 2020