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Several posts shared by families of incarcerated individuals show photos and describe substandard meals being served to incarcerated individuals.
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Alabama Political Reporter
- Elections
- Governor
- Legislature
Report: One in six state bills makes it easier to arrest, convict and sentence
Bill banning “divisive concepts” expected to return in upcoming session
Legislators Ledbetter, Orr call for excess funds to go toward tax rebate
Sen. Randy Price, wife arrested for loose cattle
Alabama Democratic Party reaffirms support for removal of state grocery tax
- Economy
Expert tells Alabama wage gap task force how to strengthen Equal Pay Act
Online job ads in August up 34.6 percent from last year
Alabama’s August unemployment rate holds steady at 2.6 percent
Port of Mobile headed for busiest year on record
Ivey projects tourism to generate $24 billion in revenue by year’s end
- National
Pringle says Legislature followed the law in drawing of Congressional district lines
Sewell announces millions in workforce development funding for Birmingham, Bessemer
Alabama men captured while fighting in Ukraine return home
Sewell to announce workforce development funding for Birmingham, Bessemer
Rep. Sewell votes for major public safety legislation
- Education
Rep. Sewell to host first virtual grants workshop for scholarships, higher education
Alabama superintendent: “Don’t Say Gay” enforcement starts at local school boards
Alabama Commission on Higher Education addresses student loan forgiveness
Alabama Board of Education codifies “Don’t Say Gay” law
Board of Education moves toward changing graduation requirements
- Health
UAB doctor: New boosters important despite claims that “pandemic is over”
COVID positivity rate falls into single digits, hospitalizations decline
UAB extends asymptomatic testing program for public, private schools
Alabama’s COVID positivity rate, hospitalizations drop considerably
Companies begin requesting applications for medical marijuana licenses
- Opinion
Opinion | Religious liberty in Alabama: Pretty good, could be better
Opinion | There’s nothing “radical” about quality sex education
Opinion | A warning to the Lee County bigot
Opinion | New fiscal year begins, teachers and state employees looking good
Opinion | The vilification and treatment of migrants is disgusting
prisons stories
Legislature
The bills increased penalties for individual behavior, expanded the reach of law enforcement, and "would add to the state's already dire prison crisis."
Prisons
The Alabama Department of Corrections Law Enforcement Services Division is investigating the incident and "the response by the staff involved."
Prisons
The name of the incarcerated individual being beaten is not currently known.
State
The lack of identification for incarcerated individuals once they leave a correctional facility has profound effects.
Prisons
Another incarcerated man was revived after a near-fatal overdose.
Prisons
The $117,800,000 contract is for roughly six months until the ADOC can develop and release a new competitive RFP process.
Prisons
ADOC had selected YesCare to be its new health and mental health care provider on June 30.
Prisons
The deaths marked yet another deadly weekend for the state's incarcerated population.
Prisons
The defendant was released on good time, despite committing multiple crimes while incarcerated.
