The Alabama House of Representatives on Thursday passed a bill to reform the much-maligned Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles. House Bill 380 is sponsored by...
The Senate Finance and Taxation General Fund Committee gave a favorable report Wednesday to a bill to raise pay for Alabama Corrections officers. House Bill 468...
What’s happening in Alabama’s prisons is not OK. It’s not what anyone — including criminals — deserves. It’s not a deterrent to crime. It’s not how...
The U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama has ruled that Alabama’s Department of Corrections must immediately begin a set of measures to address...
A wide-ranging package of bills aimed at prison reform is expected to drop in the Alabama Legislature in the next few weeks, the chairman of the...
On Wednesday, April 24 the House Ways and Means General Fund Committee gave a favorable report to a bill giving a substantial pay raise to Alabama...
The Alabama Department of Corrections announced Thursday that they have conducted a joint law enforcement operation in an effort to find and remove illegal contraband from...
Alabama Department of Corrections Commissioner Jeff Dunn and members of his team addressed the Joint Legislative Committee on Prisons Thursday about the chronic understaffing in Alabama’s...
As a state, Alabama isn’t much of a problem solver. That’s why we rank near the bottom in practically every quality of life survey of the...
Tuesday, the Alabama House of Representatives passed a bill requiring that females incarcerated in Alabama’s prisons and jails be entitled to receive feminine hygiene products. House...
