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Incarcerated individual may have allegedly been beaten to death by officers

ADOC’s Law Enforcement Services Division is investigating McCloud’s death.

December 29, 2023

Several incarcerated people die amid more prison violence

The violence and death inside ADOC facilities continue as billions of dollars are being prepared to go towards funding one new prison.

October 10, 2023

Unarmed, tazed and beaten

Most of these incidents involve white officers and black citizens. Not this time. The victim is white.

August 11, 2022

A gruesome murder should point Montgomery in a new direction

The city didn’t arrive overnight at a place where 16-year-old girls are drinking smoothies after a gruesome murder, and the road out of it won’t be a short one either.

October 29, 2020

The double standards in American policing are not OK

There is no single scene that better exemplifies the underlying friction between American law enforcement and the non-white public it is meant to serve than those cops in Kenosha driving right on by a double murderer.

August 27, 2020

Prison system issues show “lack of institutional control”

"Our Department of Corrections is not being run in a manner that the people of Alabama should accept, and it is past time to make a change there."

July 28, 2020

Who will stand and lead?

Alabama is beset by a worldwide pandemic, economic collapse and a growing cry for social justice for its black citizens. Anyone of these crises alone would require superior leadership of conscience, fortitude and political skill. But at this moment, who is leading? The silence of the state’s top leaders is troubling but speaks to the … Continued

June 17, 2020

Family awaits report on cause of son’s death in Easterling prison

The mother of a 22-year-old who died in Easterling Correctional Facility on Sunday says the family couldn’t get answers from prison officials about what happened to him, and only learned that officials believe he died by suicide after reading news articles. Carla Underwood Lewis said her family began receiving calls from other incarcerated men at … Continued

March 3, 2020

Writers of Accountability Act never heard of the Good Samaritan

Most of us heard the parable of the Good Samaritan at an early age. Probably in a Sunday School Class. And in Alabama, it was probably a Baptist Sunday School. As you remember, Jesus told the story of a Jewish traveler who was beaten and left by the side of the road. A priest saw … Continued

January 8, 2019