From The Tribune staff reports MONTGOMERY — State lawmakers will meet Monday in a special called session of the legislature to consider a plan to add a pair of 4,000-bed prisons to address o... Read more
By Steve Flowers MONTGOMERY — As the 2021 Regular Legislative Session looms, the 800-pound gorilla in the room is the prison issue. The situation has grown more dire and imminent because the... Read more
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Longtime state legislator Cam Ward, who spearheaded prison reform and criminal justice legislation during his time at the Alabama Senate, was sworn in Monday as direc... Read more
By Paul DeMarco, commentary BIRMINGHAM — As is most states, Alabama is suffering under the weight of the pandemic and the ensuing high employment it has brought. Because of the weak economy... Read more
By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The U.S. Department of Justice announced Thursday that it believes Alabama’s prisons for men are unconstitutional because inmates are... Read more
By Paul DeMarco BIRMINGHAM — Across the nation there has been a push among some groups on the left, to release large numbers of criminal offenders before the expiration of their sentence due... Read more
By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A state prison crisis and gambling legislation are expected to be top topics when lawmakers return to Montgomery next week. The Alaba... Read more
BY KIM CHANDLER Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama’s biggest news stories of 2019 included a legislative effort to outlaw abortion, an ongoing crisis in state prisons and... Read more
By KIM CHANDLER, Associated Press MONTGOMERY — Inmate homicides are on the rise in Alabama’s prisons despite a national spotlight on its corrections system and an acknowledgement of th... Read more
From The Trussville Tribune staff reports TRUSSVILLE — Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall said a change in sentencing guidelines in 2012 caused issues within the justice system, specifi... Read more
