Monday, June 15, 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

prisons

Prisons

One person dies, 4 arrested at ADOC facilities over the weekend

Several arrests were made over the weekend of individuals promoting contraband.

April 3, 2024

78 people died in ADOC facilities in the final months of 2023

Each month had over 20 deaths or investigations opened into those deaths.

March 29, 2024

Gov. Ivey awards grant for substance abuse treatment in prisons

The grant is being used to fund a six-month Residential Substance Abuse Treatment program.

March 29, 2024

Incarcerated man dies after five months in prison

Approximately 43 people have died in Alabama prisons since the beginning of 2024.

March 14, 2024

Gov. Ivey awards grant to combat contraband cell phones in prisons

The ADOC reported a 60 percent increase in cell phone confiscations from 2019 to 2022.

March 6, 2024

325 people died in custody of ADOC in 2023

There have now been more than 1,000 deaths in Alabama prisons since a 2019 DOJ investigation found Alabama's prisons unconstitutional.

February 2, 2024

Alabama’s corrections system is broken because of the people in charge

An early release program is being blamed after an attempted rape in Foley. But the accused wasn't released early.

January 23, 2024

Board schedules 79 parole hearings, 30 pardon hearings this week

The Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles will review 109 applicants this week after a year of record-low approvals.

January 15, 2024

Hands of the prisoner on a steel lattice close up

Families speak about horrors in Alabama prisons at oversight meeting

Nearly every speaker discussed the dangerous conditions in ADOC prisons, including abuse, murder and corruption.

December 15, 2023

State Rep. England brings back “second chance bill”

The bill made it all the way through a Senate committee in its prior session but failed to reach the Senate floor.

December 12, 2023