Tag: prison reform
U.S. Justice Dept. Sues Alabama for Unsafe Conditions in Men’s Prisons
The Birmingham Times
The U.S. Justice Department on Wednesday filed suit against the State of Alabama and the Alabama Department of Corrections alleging that the...
Report: Alabama Prisons a ‘Death Trap’ for Black Men
alabamaappleseed.org
Death Traps, a new report from the Alabama Appleseed Center for Law & Justice, reveals that Black men in Alabama’s prisons are more than 3.3...
‘I Didn’t Go to Prison. I Went to Death Row,’ Says...
By Erica Wright
The Birmingham Times
Anthony Ray Hinton believes in speaking truth to power.
“People often ask me has the Klan settled down in Alabama and...