Tag: prison reform
Steve Marshall: Sergeant Nick Risner and the costliness of “reform”
With the death of Sergeant Nick Risner this weekend, our state has lost ten law enforcement officers in ten months and twenty-four...
Department of Corrections seeks money to hire more officers
Corrections Commissioner Jeff Dunn asked lawmakers for a $42 million funding increase.
Kay Ivey unveils proposal to build new prisons
Saying Alabama needs a solution to its ongoing prison crisis, Gov. Kay Ivey is seeking bids to build three large new prisons.
Ivey made the...
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...
Supreme Court: Execution of Muslim inmate can proceed
he U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday rejected claims from a Muslim inmate who said his religious rights were being violated, clearing the way for...
Appeals court blocks Alabama execution of Muslim inmate
A federal appeals court on Wednesday blocked the planned execution of an Alabama inmate to consider whether the state was violating the Muslim inmate’s...
Alabama’s prison system back on trial this week
Alabama’s prison system is back on trial this week.
The trial marks the latest stage in a lawsuit the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) and the Alabama...
Five issues to watch Alabama lawmakers tackle in 2018
Alabama lawmakers began the 2018 legislative session on Tuesday. Throughout the 30-day session, they'll endeavor to tackle a hefty list of policy changes on topics...
Alabama lawmakers begin 2018 legislative session
Alabama's thirty day lawmaking session began Tuesday.
State legislators have a some tough budgetary issues to tackle this legislative session, including prison reform and the Children’s...
Cam Ward and Matt Fridy: A positive note in prison debate
The news surrounding the Alabama corrections system seems to be one negative story after another with much of the focus on the need for...
