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Three more incarcerated men die with COVID-19

The three deaths, all at St. Clair Correctional Facility, bring the total number of COVID-related deaths among Alabama's incarcerated to 73.

February 2, 2022

The “Alabama Unites Against COVID" campaign seeks to encourage vaccinations and increase access to testing.

January 28, 2022

There were 334 new confirmed cases among incarcerated people and 146 cases among prison staff last week.

January 19, 2022

Alabama is the last state to resume prison visitations, according to The Marshall Project and statements from Mississippi and Virginia.

November 29, 2021

Gary Charles Dixon, Jr. pleaded guilty to attempting to smuggle methamphetamine into the William E. Donaldson Correctional Facility.

November 18, 2021

Jonathan Click, 33, was found unresponsive by prison staff. He's the latest in at least four recent deaths of incarcerated people in Alabama.

November 5, 2021

Brian Sullivan was being treated for an advanced, terminal illness, the Alabama Department of Corrections confirmed.

November 1, 2021

Alabama’s ICUs remain critically full at 99.3 percent capacity, with 42 percent of ICU patients having COVID-19.

September 22, 2021

Harris cases among school-aged children this year are more than a 300 percent higher than at the same time last year.

September 17, 2021

ACLU of Alabama's "Statehouse-to-Prison Pipeline" report found that 53 of 139 bills that would worsen the crisis passed last session.

August 25, 2021