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Trooper shortage is a matter of life and death

By ASTA President David Steward Between late 2010 and the end of 2014, the state of Alabama did not hire a single state trooper. Despite this freeze, we still had over 400 state troopers. Now we have less than 300. That leaves us over 700 men and women short of the number that we need … Continued
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March 6, 2018
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Newsflash: Alabama has been torturing poor people for a long time

By Stephen Cooper Former D.C. Public Defender If you have a high-profile lawyer with powerful friends and you’re tortured while on death row in Alabama, everyone in the nation not only knows about it—overwhelmingly, especially in liberal, progressive, civilized circles of thought and news—they’re righteously appalled. But poor death row inmates in Alabama (which overwhelmingly … Continued
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March 6, 2018

State ignores potential for financial collapse in selecting troubled company to fix beleaguered prisons

By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter The state’s Legislative Contract Review Committee has momentarily halted a nearly $400 million contract with a prison health provider that is currently being charged with participating in one of, “the largest and longest-running criminal conspiracies, in the history of Mississippi,” according to the state’s attorney general. Alabama  selected Wexford Heath … Continued
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March 5, 2018
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Let’s keep our promise to those who need us most

By House Minority Leader Anthony Daniels Fifteen years ago, Alabama made a promise. Upon ending Wyatt vs. Stickney, the landmark legal decision that led to improved standards for mental health care here and across the nation, we promised to never again neglect support for mental health services. However, in the years since, we have not only fallen far short of … Continued
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March 5, 2018

After Mississippi scandals, committee pumps brakes on prison health contract

By Chip Brownlee Alabama Political Reporter An Alabama legislative oversight committee is pumping the brakes on a $360 million contract between the Alabama Department of Corrections and a Pittsburgh-based prison healthcare provider. The Legislative Contract Review Committee delayed the proposed contract with Wexford Health Sources Thursday after lawmakers expressed concern over a Mississippi corrections bribery … Continued
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March 2, 2018
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Alabama: The Awful State

By Josh Moon Alabama Political Reporter We are awful people. It’s time we face facts. Alabama has more than its share of terrible, selfish, greedy jackasses who would step on the heads of drowning puppies if it meant earning an extra nickel. And a good chunk of the rest of this place is too dumb … Continued
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March 2, 2018
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Could a lottery, gambling cause Alabama to lose moral high ground?

By Josh Moon Alabama Political Reporter The gambling debate in Alabama is tired. Because it’s just too old. It’s like arguing against the smart phone. I suppose the debate was a meaningful one back pre-1980 or so, long before church bingo halls and greyhound racing invaded the state. And before Mississippi OK’d Indian casinos and … Continued
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March 1, 2018