Saturday, June 13, 2026

ALGOP opens Tuberville hearing to press after closure concerns Supreme Court blocks state’s plan to carry out nitrogen hypoxia execution Alabama State Board of Education hears possible changes to world language studies Medical Cannabis board reports on first week of sales, reopens lab applications UA student earns Black Warrior Riverkeeper scholarship grant ALGOP opens Tuberville hearing to press after closure concerns Supreme Court blocks state’s plan to carry out nitrogen hypoxia execution Alabama State Board of Education hears possible changes to world language studies Medical Cannabis board reports on first week of sales, reopens lab applications UA student earns Black Warrior Riverkeeper scholarship grant ALGOP opens Tuberville hearing to press after closure concerns Supreme Court blocks state’s plan to carry out nitrogen hypoxia execution Alabama State Board of Education hears possible changes to world language studies Medical Cannabis board reports on first week of sales, reopens lab applications UA student earns Black Warrior Riverkeeper scholarship grant

criminal justice

Prisons

Woman found dead in Alabama jail just days after being detained

The nature of Washington's death has not yet been made public.

January 7, 2025

Justice In Focus panel takes a closer look at Alabama’s parole system

Some of the state’s leading legal and policy experts will gather to discuss the parole system's shortcomings and explore potential reforms.

October 9, 2024

Families call prisons “drug-infested slums” in annual public hearing, demand reform

Sen. Vivian Figures said state legislators “need to spend some time in these prisons ... without any protection.”

July 25, 2024

Advocates gather to lobby for parole oversight bill

Advocates say the board is in clear need of oversight considering the precipitous drop in parole approval rates.

April 5, 2023

New Mobile County district attorney takes office

Mobile County District Attorney Keith Blackwood was officially sworn into office Wednesday.

January 13, 2023

Governor Ivey signs Nick Risner Act into law

It will bar those convicted of using a deadly weapon to kill someone from being released early under Alabama’s “Good Time” law.

April 14, 2022

Alabama Appleseed awards another NFL grant for criminal justice reform work

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

May 10, 2021

A paperwork error could send a veteran back to prison. But there is hope

"Lett is going back in the system. Even though everyone believes he doesn’t belong in the system any longer."

April 1, 2021

Alabama House passes several criminal justice-related bills

The bills address community corrections, judicial discretion in sentencing and the cost of housing state inmates in county jails.

February 24, 2021

Two bills would expand community corrections, enhance specialized courts

St. Clair County's drug and veterans courts have a combined 96 percent success rate at preventing recidivism.

February 23, 2021