Tag: Southern Poverty Law Center
State puts prison healthcare problems under a new health care service...
On Tuesday, the Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) announced that YesCare, Corp. has been selected to enter negotiations for the department’s comprehensive healthcare services...
Southern Poverty Law Center announces grants to boost voter participation in...
The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) has announced funding aimed at boosting voter participation that will focus on marginalized Black and non-white...
Paul DeMarco: Alabama lawmakers side with liberal interest group over state...
Some lawmakers in the Alabama Legislature are again showing that their “law and order” campaign promises do not necessarily match their actions...
Attorneys reviewing judge’s order on prison staffing, care
Attorneys for inmates say they are reviewing a federal judge’s ruling that extended a deadline for Alabama to increase prison staffing but also ordered...
Legal group puts $100 million toward voter work in South
The Southern Poverty Law Center on Monday announced it is putting $100 million toward an effort to increase voter participation in the...
Alabama lawmakers OK plan to build prisons with virus cash
Amid a national debate over the use of pandemic relief funds, Alabama lawmakers swiftly approved a plan Friday to tap $400 million...
Alabama-based group providing $10M in grants in 5 states
A liberal nonprofit organization based in Alabama says it will provide more than $10 million in grants over the next two years...
SPLC calls legislation to recognize Juneteenth as federal holiday ‘long overdue’
A group of Senators on Friday announced legislation to make Juneteenth — a day to celebrate freedom in the Black community — a...
Attorneys: Alabama Making Little Progress in Prison Staffing
This follows a court order that state prisons increase staffing dramatically by 2022.
Southern Poverty Law Center employees vote to join union
Employees of Southern Poverty Law Center civil rights organization have voted to unionize, the SPLC announced Monday.
The employees voted to join the...
