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Travis Jackson, 43, was found unresponsive on his cell at the Fountain Correctional Facility in Atmore on Feb. 9.
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Travis Jackson, 43, was found unresponsive on his cell at the Fountain Correctional Facility in Atmore on Feb. 9.
Both the Alabama House and Senate committees approved their respective bills, moving both on to full votes.
Alabama prisons rank ninth deadliest in the number of COVID-19 deaths per 100,00 inmates.
Judge Myron Thompson found that the state's law did not meet the requirements of the Equal Protection Clause.
AODC has struggled to control the virus, which has infected at least 1,033 incarcerated people and at least 729 workers.
Charlie Graddick wrote that he has known his tenure would not be long-term and that "now is the time to step aside.”
“The District Court’s modest injunction is a reasonable accommodation, given the short time before the election,” the three dissenting justices wrote.
A virtual trial opened on Tuesday in a lawsuit charging that Alabama’s requirements of witnesses and photo ID for absentee ballots and a “de...
The Alabama Department of Corrections is investigating the death of a 28-year-old inmate at the St. Clair Correctional Facility as a possible suicide. Charles...
The lawsuit was filed on behalf of several voters who are at greater risk from complications or death due to COVID-19.