Tag: jail
Jefferson County (AL) Sheriff: New Mental Health Care Center a ‘Game...
The Birmingham Times
State and local leaders on Tuesday cut the ribbon at the Craig Crisis Care Center in Birmingham which will offer assistance for...
Birmingham May Transfer Inmates Out of City Jail; Sheriff Not Aware
By Ryan Michaels
The Birmingham Times
The City of Birmingham is considering the future of its municipal jail and no timetable has been set when and...
Supreme Court won’t review decision that freed Bill Cosby
By Mary Claire Dale
Associated Press
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court quietly announced Monday that it would not review Bill Cosby’s sexual assault case,...
Martin Luther King Jr.’s ‘Letter from Birmingham Jail’ available for all...
By Caroline Gazzara-McKenzie
University of Alabama
It was 1963 and Birmingham was going through a racial revolution. Demonstrations and peaceful protests against the city’s strict segregation...
Realizing Dr. King’s Dream at the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute
By Haley Wilson
The Birmingham Times
Belinda Hines was at the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute (BCRI) on Monday, the celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s...
Appeals Court Upholds Ethics Convictions of Sherry Lewis, Former Water Works...
alabamaag.gov
Attorney General Steve Marshall announced Friday that the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals has upheld the felony ethics convictions of former Birmingham Water Works...
Meet Cornelius Henderson, Senior VP, Jail Operations, NaphCare, Inc.
By Erica Wright
The Birmingham Times
Given a choice between becoming a doctor or a nurse, Cornelius Henderson decided on nurse.
“It’s expensive to be a...
Area’s top law enforcement officials address killings of black males
By Nathan Turner Jr.
For The Birmingham Times
With a “disproportionate” number of African American boys and men killed and incarcerated in Jefferson County and surrounding...
Homicide Investigation
The Birmingham Police Department reports that detectives are conducting a homicide investigation. The incident occurred on Friday July 31, 2015 at 1547 Bessemer Road....
Man Who Flew Into Birmingham Airport And Tried to Fly Out...
BIRMINGHAM -- A man who flew into the Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport under an assumed name in March 2014 is wanted in Michigan for the murder...