Department of Public Health to hold vaccination clinics in some counties
It was unclear Tuesday how much vaccine the state would be sending to these South Alabama counties.
Alabama Department of Corrections
57 Alabama inmates have died after testing positive for COVID-19
Approximately 58 percent of incarcerated people in Alabama's prisons have been tested for COVID-19.
Board of Pardons and Paroles grants paroles
The board held 41 parole hearings Tuesday, granting five paroles and denying 36.
Parole board schedules nearly 180 hearings next week
The hearings will remain closed to public attendance because of COVID-19.
Death of 94-year-old man in Alabama prison highlights struggle to control COVID-19
AODC has struggled to control the virus, which has infected at least 1,033 incarcerated people and at least 729 workers.
DOJ sues Alabama over violence, “unconstitutional” conditions in state prisons
The Department of Justice has filed a lawsuit against the state of Alabama and the Alabama Department of Corrections
Report: Black men in Alabama prisons three times more likely to die by homicide
Incarcerated Black people in the state are being murdered at just more than three times the rate of white people.
Inmate assault injures two St. Clair prison correctional officers
The assaults happened at approximately 7:30 p.m. and both officers were taken to a local hospital and treated for those non-life-threatening injuries.
Alabama inmate dies after inmate-on-inmate assault
Edwin Wells, 29, died on Oct. 10 from injuries during an apparent inmate-on-inmate assault at the Easterling Correctional Facility, the Alabama Department of Corrections confirmed on Tuesday.
AUM poll suggests Alabamians divided on prison reform proposals
90 percent of Alabamians favor some type of reform to the state's prison systems, but there is little agreement on what efforts should be pursued.