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Legislature to women: Go to hell

Alabama did it. Once again, the state that remains in perpetual-stupid-repeat has passed an unconstitutional abortion bill that’ll be brutally aborted by federal courts as soon as it gets there. No heartbeat needed on this baby; Once it’s signed by the meek, go-along-with-whatever Gov. Kay Ivey, this law is deader than another executed inmate in … Continued

Joey Kennedy

May 16, 2019

Justice Department report documents horrific violence, sexual abuse in Alabama prisons

Back in February 2017, an inmate was eating his evening meal when other inmates sexually assaulted him inside his dormitory at Fountain Correction Facility, a medium-security Alabama men’s prison opened in 1955 near Atmore. The prison is designed for 831 inmates, but it currently holds more than 1,200 prisoners at 150 percent its intended capacity, … Continued

Chip Brownlee

April 4, 2019

Ivey proposes smart on crime solutions to state prison problems

Alabama’s aging and dangerous prisons have been a topic of legislative discussion for 30 years with little accomplishment. If Gov. Kay Ivey succeeds in building three new men’s facilities, it will amount to a generational change in how the state addresses inmate detention. By focusing primarily on the initiative’s price tag, many critics and temperate … Continued

Bill Britt

February 20, 2019

Alabama executes Muslim inmate after Supreme Court overturns stay

Alabama performed its first execution of 2019 following a legal back and forth over whether the inmate could be put to death without a chaplain of his faith in the chamber. The state executed Dominque Ray, a Muslim inmate who had appealed to federal courts after the state refused to allow an imam to be … Continued

Chip Brownlee

February 8, 2019

UA to conduct study on Corrections’ Women’s Risk Needs Assessment

The University of Alabama will begin a $1.9 million study soon that will focus on the Alabama Department of Corrections’ Women’s Risk Needs Assessment process. The four-year study will begin after a three-year application of the WRNA, which conducts an assessment every six months at the Julia Tutwiler Prison for Women by studying the risks of each … Continued

Mikayla Burns

February 6, 2019

Senate moves to make Alabama first to offer nitrogen executions to condemned inmates

By Chip Brownlee Alabama Political Reporter A bill passed Thursday in the Alabama Senate would mark a new evolution in the history of the death penalty in Alabama. The state may soon add a third, untested option for death-row inmates deciding how they want their lives taken from them: a gas mask or gas chamber … Continued

Chip Brownlee

February 23, 2018