Prisons
Alabama's years-long deadly prison crisis continued throughout 2021. APR looks back on the year's coverage.
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Civil rights attorney Fred Gray to be awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom
Abortion rights advocates speak out against Roe v. Wade reversal
Carl applauds Supreme Court abortion ruling
Mo Brooks asked Trump for blanket pardon, considering testifying before Jan. 6 committee
Poll: More than half of Americans believe Jan. 6 attack was planned
- Education
Troy University freezes tuition for third time in four years
Former Athens principal convicted of multiple felonies still employed
Opinion | Alabama’s FAFSA completion policy is yielding success
Parent: Magic City Acceptance Academy says school is helping his child
Alabama Arise urges ALSDE to extend summer lunch program through the summer
- Health
HHS awards nearly $9M to Cahaba Medical Care Foundation
COVID positivity rate, hospitalizations continue steady increase in Alabama
Ivey urges Biden to halt COVID-19 vaccine deadline for National Guard personnel
Alabama’s COVID-19 positivity rate rising steadily as hospitalizations decline slightly
Alabama’s COVID hospitalizations, positivity rate rising
overcrowded stories
Featured Opinion
Politics is bound by the art of what's possible. It is also true that those who never dare the impossible rarely achieve even the...
Opinion
Two of the major items on Governor Kay Ivey’s 2020 agenda are finding solutions to the problem of Alabama’s overcrowded and broken prison system,...
Opinion
Alabama should be building better schools, not better prisons. It’s as simple as that. And the truth is if we had done that from...
Opinion
As multiple recent state and national news stories have illustrated, overcrowded state prisons is one of the key challenges facing Alabama. While the State...
Governor
A surprise declaration during the inaugural meeting of Gov. Kay Ivey’s Study Group on Criminal Justice Policy caught many attendees off guard when the...
Featured Opinion
Folks, taking care of prisoners is not a popular political issue. However, every so often Alabama politicians pragmatically have to acquiesce to the mandates...
Opinion
Last week in Gov. Kay Ivey’s inaugural address, she said, “the status of our corrections system is an Alabama problem that must be solved...
News
The Alabama Department of Corrections has chosen a new deputy commissioner. The department on Monday announced the appointment of a longtime federal prisons official, Charles...
Opinion
Alabama’s prisons are notoriously some of the worst in the country. They’re violent. They’re underfunded. They’re unable to handle the mental health care needs...
