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Tutwiler Conditions Ruled Unconstitutional by DOJ

By Brandon Moseley and Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter On Friday, January 17 the U.S. Department of Justice announced that their investigation into the state of Alabama’s Julia Tutwiler Prison for Women found that the State of Alabama prison system has been acting in an unconstitutional manner and that management of the State’s prison system … Continued
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January 20, 2014

US Attorney Announces $3.8 Million in Hiring Grants for Alabama Law Enforcement and School Safety Officers

Staff Report BIRMINGHAM – U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance, in conjunction with the U.S. Department of Justice Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, last week announced $3.8 million in law enforcement hiring grants statewide, including about $1 million in the Northern District of Alabama. The police and sheriff’s departments in North Alabama receiving $999,839 in … Continued
September 30, 2013

Shelby Opposes Moving Gitmo Detainees to the United States

By Brandon Moseley Alabama political Reporter During a hearing on the U.S. Department of Justice’s fiscal year 2014 budget request, U.S. Senator Richard Shelby (R) from Alabama complained that language preventing the Obama administration from transferring terror suspects from their military prison at Guantanamo Bay to facilities in the United States had been removed and … Continued
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June 11, 2013