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Justice Department finds Alabama illegally segregates children with physical disabilities
The DOJ found that the state must make community-based services accessible so that physically disabled children can avoid ...
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 ...
Alabama sisters convicted of plotting murder-for-hire scheme against family member
Sisters Judy Owen, 61, and Mitzy Smith, 54, of Fairhope, were found guilty by a federal jury this week on conspiracy to ...
With shocking secret footage, prison doc ‘The Alabama Solution’ should outrage the nation
Directors Andrew Jarecki and Charlotte Kaufman sat down at our studio in Park City to discuss their remarkable investigative ...
'The Alabama Solution' Review: 'Jinx' Filmmakers' New Doc Is the Bloody Sunday of Inmate Rights and Prison Reform
"Incarcerated men defy the odds to expose a cover-up in America's deadliest prison system," reads the logline for the ...
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Justice Department says Alabama institutionalizes too many children with disabilities
MONTGOMERY — Alabama children with physical disabilities are being unnecessarily institutionalized in nursing homes, the U.S. Justice Department said Thursday, warning it would file suit against ...
‘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 ...
Former Alabama Jailer Indicted in Federal Court on Charges of Beating Handcuffed Man
A federal grand jury indicted a former jail administrator for allegedly beating a handcuffed incarcerated person in an Alabama jail and then lying about it to law enforcement, the Justice Department s ...
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SEED Funding for Alabama Communities
Frank Barefield, Jr. provided the Department of Criminal Justice with resources to facilitate transformative contributions to both UAB’s Strategic Plan centering on improving communities throughout ...