Alabama advocacy groups praise Ivey’s execution moratorium
Advocacy groups took issue with Ivey's messaging, but welcomed the halt on executions with the opportunity for reform.
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Gov. Kay Ivey announces moratorium on executions, orders “top-to-bottom review”
The governor asked the attorney general not to seek additional executions for other incarcerated people until after "a top-to-bottom review."
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The judge took issue with ADOC's secretive ways and mishandling of nitrogen hypoxia documents.
Alabama clergy calls on Ivey to address inmate’s health
A viral photo last month showed the deterioration of Kastellio Vaughan inside Staton Correctional Facility in Elmore.
Incarcerated workers go on strike in Alabama’s correctional facilities
Several posts shared by families of incarcerated individuals show photos and describe substandard meals being served to incarcerated individuals.
Report: One in six state bills makes it easier to arrest, convict and sentence
The bills increased penalties for individual behavior, expanded the reach of law enforcement, and "would add to the state's already dire prison crisis."
ADOC suspends Elmore guard after video of prison beating
The Alabama Department of Corrections Law Enforcement Services Division is investigating the incident and "the response by the staff involved."
Video appears to show Alabama prison guard beating incarcerated man
The name of the incarcerated individual being beaten is not currently known.
Pilot program to aid incarcerated individuals get government ID
The lack of identification for incarcerated individuals once they leave a correctional facility has profound effects.
Two incarcerated men die in Jefferson County ADOC facilities
Another incarcerated man was revived after a near-fatal overdose.