Four Years After the U.S. Department of Justice Warning, Alabama’s Prisons Have Only Gotten Worse
State leaders promised to find an Alabama Solution to the “deeply humiliating” federal findings. But 698 incarcerated people have since died in state prisons, a new $1 billion prison will not open until 2026, and the federal trial is scheduled for next year. By Eddie Burkhalter and Carla Crowder This week marks the fourth anniversary […]


