jails

Family members of woman found dead in Alabama jail speak out

Leanna Washington, 36, of LaGrange, Georgia, was found dead in the James Morgan County Detention Facility in LaFayette.

January 20

Woman found dead in Alabama jail just days after being detained

January 7

Autauga County Commission feuds with sheriff over conditions in county jail

June 19

Latest jails

Autauga County Sheriff evacuates county jail citing safety concerns

June 7

County commissions association calls for plan on backlog of state inmates held in jails

June 10

Governor issues new order for 14-day quarantine for inmate transfers to prisons from county jails

June 10

ACLU of Alabama: Test Mobile County Jail inmates, not just workers

May 5

State prisons to began accepting county jail inmates, under conditions

April 16

Opinion

For humanitarian and public health reasons, we need to get people out of our jails

April 2

House passes bill requiring feminine hygiene products be available for prisoners

April 17

County sheriffs under fire, but the facts are a little skewed

March 7

Prison healthcare plan proposed

October 10