Tag: ADOC
Kay Ivey: An Alabama solution to an Alabama problem: rebuilding the...
In order to correct a problem, you must first admit there is a problem. In Alabama, we have a problem. Our problem is our...
Judge: Alabama has been ‘indifferent’ to isolated inmates
A federal judge said Monday that Alabama has been “deliberately indifferent” about monitoring the mental health of state inmates placed in the isolation of...
Stop the madness: SCOTUS didn’t rule against Muslims when they said...
If you were to just read the headlines about the recent death row execution of Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) inmate Dominique Ray you'd think he was...
ADOC responds to SPLC’s claim state has prison suicide crisis
The Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) has responded to claims by the the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) that the state has a suicide crisis that demands...
Alabama prisons seek funding for 500 more officers, raises
The Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) Commission Jeff Dunn on Wednesday told state lawmakers it is seeking a $42 million funding increase to hire...
Alabama prison system ordered to report mental health segregation data
On Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Myron Thompson issued an order for the Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) to report how many inmates with mental illnesses...
State might lease prisons, instead of building them
Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey’s options for replacing state prisons could include leasing facilities built by a private firm.
Ivey in her inaugural address Monday said...
Personnel note: Charles Daniels named ADOC Deputy Commissioner of Operations
The Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) appointed Charles Daniels as Deputy Commissioner of Operations, the ADOC announced on Facebook Monday.
"I am...
Prison system: Alabama making progress in mental health
Alabama prison officials contend they are making “substantial progress” in increasing mental health staff and have asked a federal judge to not...
In effort to break drug-crime nexus, Kay Ivey awards grant for...
The State of Alabama is continuing to take steps to help inmates at state prisons overcome drug addictions that may have led or contributed...
