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Alabama prisoners planning new work strike in 2026

With scrutiny of Alabama prisons at a high point, prisoners are planning a new work strike to demand change.
December 5, 2025

Alabama’s long-overdue prison bill

Although scientists haven’t yet confirmed it, there is a cure for COVID-19: Incarceration in an Alabama prison.  It’s amazing, really.  If you work in the prisons or visit an Alabama prison, you get the coronavirus. If you’re an inmate who leaves an Alabama prison for a short period of time, you also get the virus.  … Continued
May 21, 2020

Alabama Department of Corrections needs to start handing out pink slips this week

Contrary to popular belief, most of the time, prisoners do follow prison rules. As a former correctional officer with the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, if prisoners cease to view the Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) as legitimate or fair, dire consequences ensue.  Prison officials will see more inmates than usual assaulting other inmates and … Continued
December 30, 2019

Prison reform group asks for observers on prison commissioner’s task force on violence

A group advocating for prison reform in Alabama on Friday asked that external observers be placed on a newly formed task force meant to address inmate-on-inmate violence and alleged excessive use of force by correctional officers.  The request comes after a particularly deadly month, and year, in Alabama prisons.  Alabamians for Fair Justice, a coalition … Continued
December 24, 2019

The people of Alabama mostly don’t care that their prisons are awful

The majority of Alabamians don’t care about people in prison.  Hell, they barely care about people outside of prison, judging from our statistics on infant mortality, premature deaths, overall health of the population and elder care. And those are people who didn’t commit a crime.  So, I wish we’d stop the nonsense, put an end … Continued
December 5, 2019

Prison issues — front and center

Folks, taking care of prisoners is not a popular political issue. However, every so often Alabama politicians pragmatically have to acquiesce to the mandates of federal judges and grant our transgressing citizens their rights as determined by the courts. Federal Courts have determined that our felons deserve the rights to adequate imprisonment. You just cannot … Continued
May 1, 2019