Inmate deaths remain high in Alabama, highlighting urgent need for prison reform
A new HBO documentary set for release later this year exposes the violence inside Alabama prisons using leaked cellphone ...
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Justice Department finds Alabama illegally segregates children with physical disabilities
The DOJ found that the state must make community-based services accessible so that physically disabled children can avoid ...
2 Fairhope sisters convicted in conspiracy to commit murder for hire: USDOJ
Two Fairhope sisters were convicted on multiple charges in a murder-for-hire scheme, according to the United States ...
'The Alabama Solution' Review: 'Jinx' Filmmakers' New Doc Is the Bloody Sunday of Inmate Rights and Prison Reform
"Incarcerated men defy the odds to expose a cover-up in America's deadliest prison system," reads the logline for the ...
Alabama sisters convicted of plotting murder-for-hire scheme against family member
Sisters Judy Owen, 61, and Mitzy Smith, 54, of Fairhope, were found guilty by a federal jury this week on conspiracy to ...
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Former Alabama jail administrator charged with federal civil rights violation
The indictment alleges former Crenshaw County Jail administrator Christian Alexander Porter assaulted a handcuffed and ...
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Justice Department says Alabama institutionalizes too many children with disabilities
MONTGOMERY — Alabama children with physical disabilities are being unnecessarily institutionalized in nursing homes, the U.S. Justice Department said Thursday, warning it would file suit against ...
‘The Alabama Solution’ Review: Powerful New Doc From ‘The Jinx’ Duo Investigates Injustices in Alabama Prisons
Andrew Jarecki and Charlotte Kaufman chronicle financial mismanagement, abuses of power and general inhumanities in a system ...