Wife of 72-Year-Old Veteran Beaten to Death by a Cellmate in Alabama Jail Sues Corrections Officers
The wife of a 72-year-old veteran who was beaten to death by a cellmate in an Alabama jail has filed a civil rights lawsuit ...
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Voting rights, reproductive justice, legal reform: ACLU of Alabama releases legislative agenda
Legislative Session for the State of Alabama begins on Feb. 4. The ACLU of Alabama says its goal this year is to expand and ...
‘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 ...
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Senate committee kills second effort to shutter Mississippi’s 124-year-old prison
Senate Bill 2047 by Sen. Juan Barnett proposed a four-year phase down of operations at the Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman. More than half of its committee members voted to table the bill, ...
‘The Alabama Solution,’ documentary chronicling the horrific conditions inside the state’s prison system, premieres at Sundance
A new documentary from the team behind the true crime phenomenon “The Jinx” will explore life in Alabama’s prison system. “The Alabama ...
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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Oklahoma lawmakers will weigh death penalty moratorium, jail reforms
Oklahoma lawmakers are gearing up to debate a variety of criminal justice bills, including one that would pause the death ...
With leaked footage from the inside, Sundance doc shows horrifying conditions in Alabama prisons
Incarcerated men in the Alabama prison system risked their safety to feed shocking footage of their horrifying living ...
‘The Alabama Solution’ Review: Andrew Jarecki’s Powerful Exposé of a Prison System Where Sanctified Lawlessness Is the Law
It's a look at horrific prison conditions, detailed by prisoners on contraband cell phones, that becomes a muckraking murder ...
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. struggles to answer questions on Medicare and Medicaid at confirmation hearing
In a contentious confirmation hearing to become the nation's top health official, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. struggled to answer ...
It's barely 2025 and Trump project to overhaul federal civil service is well underway
A 19th-century presidential assassination was a signature event in helping the U.S. establish a meritocratic system for filling federal government jobs. Donald Trump and Republican loyalists appear to ...