Jerry Nadler asks feds to block use of COVID aid to build Alabama’s new prisons
Some Alabama lawmakers want to use $400 million of Alabama's federal COVID aid to help build new prisons.
Prisons
Governor officially calls special session to address prison crisis
The proclamation calls for prison construction and renovation, and consideration of two reform bills that failed to pass during the last legislative session.
Special session on prison construction to begin Monday
The state is being sued by the U.S. Department of Justice over Alabama's deadly prisons.
Alabama House minority leader: No support for new prisons without other reforms
The DOJ says new prisons alone won't solve Alabama's crisis. Republicans need Democratic support to pass a prison construction bill.
Ivey tells lawmakers she’ll set special session for prison construction
The special session is set for Sept. 27.
September 17, 2021
Manslaughter charges dropped for former Alabama correctional officer, prisoner
Billy Smith died in 2017 after being beaten at Elmore Correctional Facility. The state charged both a prisoner and a guard for the death.
Alabama lawmakers to mull prison construction with price tag unclear
The proposal calls for building two new prisons for men, one women's prison, renovations to several others and the closure of four prisons.
Alabama law students support new trial for man on death row
The students are joined by the prosecutor in the man's trial, former Attorney General Bill Baxley and others in asking for a new trial.
Report: Alabama legislation likely to worsen state’s prison crisis
ACLU of Alabama's "Statehouse-to-Prison Pipeline" report found that 53 of 139 bills that would worsen the crisis passed last session.
Alabama prisons record 203 more COVID-19 positive among incarcerated
Asymptomatic testing at Elmore Correctional Facility found 191 cases among incarcerated men.