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Formerly incarcerated man paralyzed after denied care for months: lawsuit

Patrick Neal, 29, is being treated at UAB, where doctors tell his family he'll be paralyzed for life.

May 26, 2021

While the Legislature took up some reform measures this session, lawmakers declined to pass more substantive sentencing reforms.

May 24, 2021

Despite warnings in 2019, the state has failed to address violence, contraband and homicides, according to the Department of Justice.

May 20, 2021

The death and other recent homicides and suicides underscore longstanding problems in Alabama's prisons.

May 11, 2021

The Alabama Department of Corrections is being sued by the U.S. Department of Justice over the state's deadly prisons.

May 11, 2021

The NFL noted the nonprofit's success in freeing Ronald McKeithen from a life sentence in March.

May 10, 2021

A worker there said the man may have overdosed on illicit drugs, which the person said are entering through staff.

May 7, 2021

Ian Rettig was stabbed the day before his expected release — and a day before his birthday.

May 6, 2021

Budget Chairman Greg Albritton said expansion could cost the state as much as $300 million more than the federal government says.

April 30, 2021

The lawsuit alleges the prison plan runs afoul of the Alabama Constitution and state law.

April 28, 2021