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More than 15 million in U.S. could lose Medicaid coverage without action
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Featured Opinion
Although scientists haven’t yet confirmed it, there is a cure for COVID-19: Incarceration in an Alabama prison. It’s amazing, really. If you work in...
Opinion
Based on a recent report, it appears that the ACLU is more worried about convicted felons than the safety of Alabama communities. The report...
Opinion
Contrary to popular belief, most of the time, prisoners do follow prison rules. As a former correctional officer with the Texas Department of Criminal...
National
A group advocating for prison reform in Alabama on Friday asked that external observers be placed on a newly formed task force meant to...
Featured Opinion
The majority of Alabamians don’t care about people in prison. Hell, they barely care about people outside of prison, judging from our statistics on...
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...
Legislature
The House Ways and Means General Fund Committee gave a favorable report to a Senate bill that reforms the process by which prisoners in...
Opinion
Giving a speech at Georgetown University, late Justice William J. Brennan, Jr., said: “[T]he Constitution is a sublime oration on the dignity of man.”...
News
The University of Alabama will begin a $1.9 million study soon that will focus on the Alabama Department of Corrections’ Women’s Risk Needs Assessment process....
