Tag: Southern Poverty Law Center
Security camera catches people filming at lynching victim memorial
People carrying a white nationalist flag were caught on security cameras trying to film in front of a new memorial to lynching...
Montgomery city council to revisit law requiring panhandlers be jailed
The Montgomery, Alabama, City Council is revisiting an ordinance that requires panhandlers be jailed for at least two days. It has been...
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...
ADOC responds to SPLC’s claim state has prison suicide crisis
The Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) has responded to claims by the the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) that the state has a suicide crisis that demands...
Advocacy group: Alabama has prison suicide crisis
An advocacy group charged Friday that Alabama officials have failed to address a rising suicide rate in state prisons despite a federal court order...
Proud Boys founder Gavin McInnes sues Montgomery-based Southern Poverty Law Center
Gavin McInnes, conservative provocateur and talk show host best known as the founder of the far-right fraternal organization known as the Proud Boys, on Monday filed a...
Alabama prison system ordered to report mental health segregation data
On Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Myron Thompson issued an order for the Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) to report how many inmates with mental illnesses...
SPLC sues ALEA for suspending Alabama licenses for unpaid traffic tickets
The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) is challenging Alabama's practice of suspending drivers licenses of individuals who fail to pay traffic tickets, arguing it...
SPLC asks judge to rule Alabama’s prison system in contempt over...
The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) is asking U.S. District Judge Myron Thompson to hold the Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) in contempt for failing...
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...