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Two Alabama prisoners die on Christmas Eve, day after Christmas

One man died on Christmas Eve after being attacked with a weapon by another prisoner. A second man was found unresponsive on Dec. 26.

January 11, 2022

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.

December 13, 2021

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.

December 6, 2021

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.

October 21, 2021

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.

October 7, 2021

A California solution to an Alabama problem?

"In the early 2000s, California had a prison crisis that was analogous to what we're seeing in Alabama."

September 30, 2021

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.

September 28, 2021

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.

September 28, 2021

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.

September 28, 2021

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.

September 23, 2021