Tag: Alabama Department of Corrections
Alabama trying to use COVID relief funds for new prisons
Facing a Justice Department lawsuit over Alabama’s notoriously violent prisons, state lawmakers on Monday began a special session on a $1.3 billion construction...
Plan would use virus funds, bond issue to build new prisons
Alabama lawmakers on Wednesday began reviewing the latest prison construction proposal, a plan that would use a portion of the state’s virus...
Nearly 200 inmates test positive for COVID at Alabama prison
Nearly 200 inmates tested positive for COVID-19 at a state prison after officials implemented mass testing in the wake of an outbreak...
Alabama won’t describe nitrogen execution plans for security
The Alabama prison system, citing security reasons, declined to describe the “system” it has built for nitrogen hypoxia executions and gave no...
Alabama says it has built method for nitrogen gas execution
Alabama told a federal judge this week that it has finished the construction of a “system” to use nitrogen gas to carry...
Alabama: Nearly finished with nitrogen gas execution system
Alabama told a federal judge on Tuesday that it has nearly finished building a system to use nitrogen gas to carry out...
Alabama prisons remain deadly, homicides increasing reports DOJ
Alabama prisons remain deadly and dangerous two years after federal officials warned the state of unconstitutional conditions, the U.S. Department of Justice...
Alabama to begin vaccinating prison inmates
The Alabama prison system announced Thursday that it will begin vaccinating inmates for COVID-19 after previously only making vaccine available to prison...
Email Insights: An open letter to Governor Ivey, Commissioner Dunn, and...
Alabamians for Fair Justice responds to the partial closing of Holman Correctional Facility.
Champ Lyons: Governor’s Study Group on Criminal Justice Policy Yields Positive...
Former Supreme Court Justice Champ Lyons discusses the findings of Kay Ivey's study group on criminal justice policy in Alabama.