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Last year's meeting Families of inmates describe 'horrific' conditions in Alabama prisons “Because while I was in prison, it ...
Advocates, experts, formerly incarcerated individuals and family members of those behind bars Wednesday described an Alabama ...
Family members of people locked away in Alabama’s prisons told lawmakers on Wednesday horror stories from parole hearings. They said the lack of parole — and the new parole guidelines — take away hope ...
Three of the private attorneys representing Alabama’s prison system have been publicly reprimanded by a federal judge for using fake legal citations. The scathing order said lawyers Matthew Reeves, ...
105 out of 277 deaths in Alabama state prisons in 2024 are listed as having unknown causes or are under investigation, a new report states. 72% of the homicides in Alabama prisons in 2024 were of ...
A federal judge in Alabama reprimanded three lawyers for using ChatGPT to write court filings with “completely made up” case citations. U.S.
Corey Jermaine Burroughs, 41, was sentenced to 195 months for drug charges related to smuggling contraband into Alabama prisons. Burroughs, a former inmate, was found with methamphetamine ...
A contract healthcare worker for the Alabama Department of Corrections was arrested Friday a drug checkpoint at a north Alabama prison. Monica Tara Bishop, 44, was taken into custody after a brief ...
72% of the homicides in Alabama prisons in 2024 were of Black individuals, the study shows. The ACLU of Alabama recommends requiring autopsies for all prison deaths and more transparent reporting. The ...