Alabama Department of Corrections investigating possible prisoner suicide
Leon Latham, 47, was found unresponsive by prison staff. His death is the latest in a string of deaths inside Alabama prisons.
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ADOC classifies 2020 death of incarcerated man as homicide
Darnell McMillian died in 2020 after being placed in a cell with another incarcerated man. Both were on suicide watch.
Man serving at Staton prison died Aug. 2
Kelvin Colvin, 25, died Aug. 2 after being found unresponsive in his cell, the Alabama Department of Corrections said.
Alabama House Judiciary Committee chair discusses reform measures, prisons
The state faces a federal lawsuit and the threat of a federal takeover over Alabama's deadly prisons for men.
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"In the early 2000s, California had a prison crisis that was analogous to what we're seeing in Alabama."
Governor responds to call for feds not to allow COVID aid for new prisons
Gov. Kay Ivey and Senate President Gred Reed responded Tuesday to a letter sent by U.S. House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler.
Alabama House speaker: Plan to fix prisons has been well thought out
Speaker of the House Mac McCutcheon on Monday expressed optimism that the state will address its long-neglected prisons.
House committees to hold hearings on five prison bills Tuesday
The five-bill prison infrastructure and justice reform package will be in committee in the House on Tuesday.
Governor officially calls special session to address prison crisis
The proclamation calls for prison construction and renovation, and consideration of two reform bills that failed to pass during the last legislative session.
Special session on prison construction to begin Monday
The state is being sued by the U.S. Department of Justice over Alabama's deadly prisons.