Tag: Department of Justice
Solar farms in 3 states cited for environmental violations
Four companies that developed solar energy facilities in Alabama, Idaho, and Illinois have agreed to pay a total of $1.3 million for...
Stacy George warns that understaffed prisons pose a threat to public...
Stacy George is a former Morgan County Commissioner. George, a published author, has twice run for the Republican nomination for Governor of Alabama (2014 and...
Families protest prison conditions at Alabama Capitol rally
People with relatives and loved ones in Alabama prisons rallied outside the state Capitol Friday to decry what they described as inhumane...
DOJ finds Alabama’s foster care system violates law
The federal government on Wednesday said the state of Alabama illegally discriminates against children in foster care with behavioral and emotional disabilities.
Alabama prisons reduce meals, nix visits amid inmate strike
Thousands of inmates in Alabama’s overcrowded prison system are receiving only two meals a day during a prisoner work stoppage that was...
Groups seek probe of Alabama use of virus funds for prisons
Nearly two dozen organizations have sent a letter asking the U.S. House Financial Services Committee to investigate Alabama’s plan to use $400...
No settlement for separated migrant families amid criticism
Migrants whose children were taken from them under former President Donald Trump’s zero-tolerance border policy have not reached a settlement agreement with...
Alabama House approves prison plan using virus funds
Alabama lawmakers on Wednesday headed toward swift approval of a prison construction package that would tap $400 million of the state’s pandemic...
DOJ won’t defend Mo Brooks in lawsuit over Capitol violence
The U.S. Department of Justice won’t help defend Rep. Mo Brooks of Alabama against a civil lawsuit that claims he helped to...
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...