Legislature Governor Ivey signs Nick Risner Act into law It will bar those convicted of using a deadly weapon to kill someone from being released early under Alabama’s “Good Time” law. StaffApril 14, 2022
Legislature Alabama Legislature passes bill ending practice of shackling pregnant women Alabama was the last Southern state to shackle and solitarily confine incarcerated pregnant women. Eddie BurkhalterApril 8, 2022
Legislature Alabama Senate passes bill to delay fees for released prisoners The bill would delay fines and fees for the recently released for 180 days. Eddie BurkhalterApril 7, 2022
Opinion Opinion | The Legislature must do their part for Alabama prisons We need elected leaders who will do something about the real issues facing Alabamians, not made-up culture war problems. Dillon NettlesApril 7, 2022
Prisons Incarcerated man at Donaldson prison dies after attack The man's death is the latest in what is quickly becoming one of the deadliest years in Alabama prisons. Eddie BurkhalterMarch 4, 2022
Prisons Prisoner death not being investigate as homicide despite “blunt force trauma” The county coroner said Victor Russo was found unresponsive in his cell with apparent blunt force trauma and died two days later at a... Eddie BurkhalterFebruary 28, 2022
Prisons Three more incarcerated men die with COVID-19 The three deaths, all at St. Clair Correctional Facility, bring the total number of COVID-related deaths among Alabama's incarcerated to 73. Eddie BurkhalterFebruary 2, 2022
Prisons Alabama prisoner dies after taken to another prison instead of hospital William Sullivan died shortly after arriving to Kilby Correctional Facility on Jan. 8 from the minimum security Red Eagle Work Center in Montgomery. Eddie BurkhalterJanuary 21, 2022
Prisons U.S. Treasury issues final rule on use of COVID aid The federal government seemed to leave open the possibility for Alabama to use the aid to build new prisons. Eddie BurkhalterJanuary 7, 2022
State APR’s top 5 stories of 2021 From an insurrection to medical marijuana, these are the top stories that captivated APR readers in 2021. Josh MoonDecember 31, 2021