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Alabama Senate bill would restructure controversial Pardons and Paroles Board

Although parole approval rates began increase slightly in 2024, incarcerated people who appear to be prime candidates continue to be denied.

April 16, 2025

The bill would allow some incarcerated individuals sentenced before 2000 to file a motion for a judge to consider reducing their sentence.

April 10, 2025

This graduating class is the largest group on record.

April 4, 2025

Under current law, inmates are not permitted to attend their parole hearings.

March 20, 2025

James Osgood, a 55-year-old death row inmate, was convicted of the 2010 rape and murder of Tracy Lynn Brown in Chilton County.

March 18, 2025

A large portion of the ADOC's requested budget would go toward staffing needs and increases to wages, salaries, and benefits.

February 7, 2025

Alabama has a long and deeply flawed history with capital punishment.

February 7, 2025

Frazier is the fourth person to be subjected to the new execution method.

February 4, 2025

Fewer people died inside the prisons than in 2023, when prisoners were five times as likely to die as the national average.

January 23, 2025

Leanna Washington, 36, of LaGrange, Georgia, was found dead in the James Morgan County Detention Facility in LaFayette.

January 20, 2025