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Governor awards grant to provide forensics training through JSU

The university will use the grant to conduct training sessions for smaller and rural law enforcement agencies.

December 11, 2020

“It is important to understand that reform does not happen in one day," Woodfin said.

December 10, 2020

AODC has struggled to control the virus, which has infected at least 1,033 incarcerated people and at least 729 workers.

December 10, 2020

The Department of Justice has filed a lawsuit against the state of Alabama and the Alabama Department of Corrections

December 9, 2020

Those who can't afford to pay for their own defense are more likely to be convicted, the report found.

December 8, 2020

The lawsuit alleged that Alabama's law was racially discriminatory and imposed cruel and unusual punishment.

December 7, 2020

Matt Mullinax, Christopher Baird, Sean Michael Brantley and Nathan Parke Bateman were all arrested following a lengthy undercover investigation.

November 19, 2020

Ward is to replace current director Charlie Graddick, who announced on Nov. 2 that he planned to resign on Nov. 30.

November 17, 2020

Incarcerated Black people in the state are being murdered at just more than three times the rate of white people.

November 13, 2020

Ortega was found guilty of operating a drug trafficking ring that stretched all the way from Mexico to Alabama.

November 13, 2020