In a functioning republic, we expect to traffic in hard realities. We demand that our legislation and foreign policy be built on the physical, unyielding laws of cause and effect. We ask for the receipts....
The Association of County Commissions of Alabama (ACCA) has released the February episode of the 2 North Jackson Podcast, featuring discussions on the state’s corrections system, federal disaster recovery funds, and...
Alabama’s prison system is currently a third-world hell hole and, simply put, the feds are fed up with Alabama’s perennial prison problems.
On Thursday night, Nathaniel Woods was executed for his role in the fatal shootings of three Birmingham police officers back in 2004. Erik Ortiz...
A new bill, HB151, filed by State Rep. Matt Simpson (R-Daphne) would mandate that inmates in work release programs who have been convicted of violent felonies. The bill is co-sponsored...
Now, with the threat of a federal lawsuit and possible takeover of its prison system, Alabama is finally acknowledging that there’s a crisis.
Today, the Campaign for Smart Justice with ACLU of Alabama released a report with dire predictions about Alabama’s prison crisis. Based on an analysis of current parole practices using five years of data from the...
HB 468, sponsored by State Rep. Chris England (D-Tuscaloosa), was signed into law today by Governor Kay Ivey. HB 468 provides a two-step raise for certain employees...
Alabama must build new prisons and hire more officers just to reach a bare minimum of safety and constitutional compliance, but the real problems appear to be far more sinister and pervasive.