House committees to hold hearings on five prison bills Tuesday
The five-bill prison infrastructure and justice reform package will be in committee in the House on Tuesday.
Alabama Department of Corrections
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 prisons record 203 more COVID-19 positive among incarcerated
Asymptomatic testing at Elmore Correctional Facility found 191 cases among incarcerated men.
Elimination of insurance tax break could produce $40 million a year in additional revenue
The purpose of the tax credit was to incentivize insurance companies to house facilities in Alabama.
Alabama correctional officer stabbed by incarcerated man
Alabama and the Alabama Department of Corrections are being sued by the DOJ over violence inside the state's prisons for men.
Former Alabama prison supervisor convicted for failing to intervene in beating
Willie Burks watched the handcuffed person be beaten, then afterward said "that’s fair,"according to the U.S. Department of Justice.
At least 10 incarcerated men have died in Alabama prisons this month
Two deaths this week inside Alabama prisons bring the month’s total to at least 10.
Nonprofit asks that federal COVID aid be used to aid re-entry, prevent incarceration
Alabama Appleseed says the incarcerated and recently released were failed by state prisons during the pandemic.
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"The Department of Corrections wants federal dollars to build more prisons. The Treasury Department should laugh."