Prisons
The proclamation calls for prison construction and renovation, and consideration of two reform bills that failed to pass during the last legislative session.
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All posts tagged "Alabama prisons"
Prisons
The state is being sued by the U.S. Department of Justice over Alabama's deadly prisons.
Health
Some Alabama hospitals are burning through reserves battling COVID, and the state's ICU bed crisis continues to threaten care for all patients.
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
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.
News
Willie Burks watched the handcuffed person be beaten, then afterward said "that’s fair,"according to the U.S. Department of Justice.
Public safety
While youth incarceration has fallen in the U.S. over the last decade, it's fallen much less in Alabama.
