Nearly two dozen organizations have sent a letter asking the U.S. House Financial Services Committee to investigate Alabama’s plan to use $400 million in pandemic relief funds to build two super size prisons.
Alabama will use $400 million in pandemic relief funds to build three new prisons, overhaul others, and decommission select facilities.
Sen. Cam Ward (R) MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) – Longtime state legislator Cam Ward has been sworn in as director of the Alabama Bureau of Pardons and Paroles. Gov. Kay Ivey appointed Ward and administered the oath of office Monday. He replaces Charlie Graddick, who resigned amid criticism over the slowing pace of paroles during his tenure. Republican Ward resigned…
The Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) has been informed about three cases of COVID-19 via self-reporting among staff members of correctional facilities. Employees from Ventress Correctional Facility (Ventress) in Clayton, Easterling Correctional Facility (Easterling) in Clio, and Montgomery Women’s Community Based Facility/Community Work Center (Montgomery Women’s Facility) in Mt. Meigs. These individuals promptly self-quarantined under the direction of their healthcare…
The state of Alabama has 90 new basic correctional officers, one of the largest the program has seen since it’s beginning. A graduation was held Thursday at the Alabama Criminal Justice Academy Training Center in Selma. The officers took part in a six-week training program, and are now ADOC-certified. The basic correctional officers have a shorter training period than correctional…
A federal appeals court is refusing to block Alabama’s bid to execute an inmate convicted of killing a country preacher with a sword. The 11th U.S. Circuit of Appeals on Wednesday refused a stay requested by 46-year-old Christopher Lee Price. He’s set to die by lethal injection Thursday night. The court says an earlier Supreme Court decision prevents a delay…
Authorities say three Alabama correctional officers who worked at two different prisons have been arrested on corruption charges. The Department of Corrections says two officers from the Ventress Correctional Facility in Clayton are charged with using their jobs for personal gain. Both are accused of soliciting contraband items to inmates for money. The department says in a statement that another…
