Prisons

Alabama to resume prison visitations with restrictions

Alabama is the last state to resume prison visitations, according to The Marshall Project and statements from Mississippi and Virginia.

November 29, 2021

The amended complaint was necessary after a federal judge told the DOJ that its allegations weren't specific enough.

November 23, 2021

Gary Charles Dixon, Jr. pleaded guilty to attempting to smuggle methamphetamine into the William E. Donaldson Correctional Facility.

November 18, 2021

Alabama prisons in June had the fifth highest number of COVID deaths per capita in the nation.

November 17, 2021

The organizations are working together to create an arts exhibition called “Changing the Course."

November 11, 2021

The correctional officer has been sued multiple times by incarcerated men alleging he assaulted them, with one case settling before trial.

November 9, 2021

Jonathan Click, 33, was found unresponsive by prison staff. He's the latest in at least four recent deaths of incarcerated people in Alabama.

November 5, 2021

The woman was found unresponsive on Halloween. The man had multiple health problems and was being treated at a hospital.

November 3, 2021

Brian Sullivan was being treated for an advanced, terminal illness, the Alabama Department of Corrections confirmed.

November 1, 2021

Eric Todd Ellis sexually abused an incarcerated woman at a federal prison in Aliceville, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.

October 27, 2021