Tag: jail
Prisoner advocacy group demands coronavirus precautions for Alabama’s incarcerated
With the coronavirus spreading quickly across the country, Alabamians for Fair Justice — a broad coalition of advocates supporting reform in Alabama’s...
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...
Judge rules Cullman County’s bail system illegally discriminates against the poor
People who fall victim to what many deem a “two-tiered” system of justice that's based on wealth, won a significant victory in Cullman County, Ala. on...
ACLU of Alabama outlines how to cut the state’s prison population...
Out of the 2+ million people who are behind bars in this country, about 90 percent are held in local jails and state prisons,...
Kay Ivey acts to stop sheriffs from pocketing state jail food...
In two memos sent last Month, Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey announced Alabama sheriffs may no longer personally profit from a very small portion of jail food...
Anne Marie Bonds: Juvenile justice – a broken system with harmful...
A fourteen year old shoplifts cologne from a local Macy’s with hopes to impress his crush. Lacking the skills of an experienced criminal, he...
Kay Ivey awards grant to help former inmates get back to...
Felons find themselves in a tough position when they're finally released prison: they need a job to get back on their feet, but with...
Alabama has 5th highest incarceration rate in the world
If the United States were divided up into 50 independent nations, Alabama's rate of incarceration would be the fifth-highest of any country across the globe.
That's...
DOJ announces investigation of Jefferson County Jail
The U.S. Justice Department on Wednesday announced an investigation into the treatment of adolescent inmates at the Jefferson County Jail in Birmingham, including if...
