Public safety

Alabama AFL-CIO rescinds co-endorsement of Barry Moore over post supporting Kenosha shooter

The Alabama AFL-CIO on Tuesday rescinded the co-endorsement of Republican congressional candidate Barry Moore following Moore’s Facebook post supporting the 17-year-old charged with two counts of homicide in the shooting deaths of two people in Wisconsin during a protest. Moore’s since-deleted post shows an image of an armed 17-year-old Kyle Rittenhouse next to the words … Continued

September 3, 2020

Nineteenth Alabama inmate dies after testing positive for COVID-19

Jonathan Mallory, 33, died on Aug. 27, becoming the 19th Alabama inmate to die after testing positive for COVID-19. Mallory was taken from the Fountain Correctional Facility to a local hospital on July 10 for treatment of an unrelated medical condition, the Alabama Department of Corrections announced Monday. Mallory tested negative for coronavirus upon admission, … Continued

September 1, 2020

DOJ arrests leaders of nonprofit backed by Sen. Del Marsh

State Sen. Del Marsh, R-Anniston, pushed a bill in 2019 that would have allowed Alabamians to send a portion of their tax refunds to We Build the Wall Inc., a nonprofit formed to build private sections of a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. The U.S. Department of Justice on Thursday announced the arrest of the … Continued

August 20, 2020

Is Mike Hubbard ever actually going to prison?

The wheels of justice turn slowly, or barely at all if your name is Mike Hubbard. Now more than 50 months since he was convicted of a dozen felonies, and nearly two years since the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals upheld all but one of those charges, and four months since the Alabama Supreme Court … Continued

August 20, 2020

Alabama federal corrections officer sentenced after sexual assault conviction

A federal judge on Wednesday sentenced a former federal corrections officer from the federal women’s prison in Aliceville, Alabama, to more than three years in prison after he pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting two inmates and lying to investigators. Adrian L. Stargell, 39, worked as an education specialist at the Aliceville facility, located in southern … Continued

August 19, 2020

Internal report on Alabama inmate’s death backs statements by concerned whistleblowers

Almost all of the information in the report has already been published through APR’s own independent reporting on McMillian’s death, and the report corroborates much of APR’s reporting.

August 13, 2020

Alabama Department of Corrections investigating inmate death

Robert Earl Adams, 40, died on Aug. 5 and although no foul play is suspected, a department spokeswoman in a message to APR said the exact cause of death is pending an autopsy.

August 7, 2020

Alabama House speaker addresses arrest of Rep. Will Dismukes on theft charge

Speaker of the Alabama House Mac McCutcheon, R-Monrovia, on Friday said a state representative arrested and charged with theft on Thursday is alleged to have committed the theft before he was elected and is due a presumption of innocence. Rep. Will Dismukes, R-Prattville, turned himself in at the Montgomery County Detention Center Thursday after a … Continued

August 7, 2020

Arrest warrant issued for Rep. Will Dismukes for felony theft

Dismukes is charged with first-degree theft of property in connection with a theft that occurred at his place of employment between the years 2016 to 2018.

August 6, 2020

Alabama Department of Corrections investigating death of 28-year-old inmate

The Alabama Department of Corrections is investigating the death of a 28-year-old inmate at the St. Clair Correctional Facility as a possible suicide. Charles Labarron Braggs was found unresponsive by prison officials in his cell on Monday, and life-saving attempts were unsuccessful, the department said in a message to APR on Thursday. Braggs was not … Continued

July 30, 2020