United States v. Abston, AL, indictment, misuse of surplus jail food allowance money, 2019 FILED Case 7:19-cr-00312-LCB-HNJ Document 1 Filed 05/29/19 Page 1 of 18 2019 May-31 PM 01:36 U.S. DISTRICT COURT N.D. OF ALABAMA JET / JBW: June 2019 Grand Jury # 27 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT …
United States v. Abston, AL, indictment, sheriff's fradulent food scheme, 2019 FILED Case 7:19-cr-00312-LCB-HNJ Document 1 Filed 05/29/19 Page 1 of 18 2019 May-31 PM 01:36 U.S. DISTRICT COURT N.D. OF ALABAMA JET / JBW: June 2019 Grand Jury # 27 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ALABAMA WESTERN …
Continued Problems with Mental Health Care, Suicides in Alabama DOC by Kevin W. Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss Counting 13 suicides among Alabama state prisoners within a 14-month period ending in early February 2019, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) has accused the Alabama Department of Corrections (DOC) of not …
Alabama DOC Stonewalling Federal Investigation; Eight Prisoners go on Hunger Strike by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney On October 3, 2018, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a petition to enforce a subpoena naming Jefferson S. Dunn, Commissioner of the Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC), as the respondent. The …
Alabama DOC Refuses Muslim Spiritual Adviser in Execution Chamber by Kevin W. Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss Domineque Hakim Marcelle Ray, 42, was put to death by lethal injection at Alabama’s Holman Correctional Facility on February 7, 2019, after his request to have his Muslim spiritual adviser, Imam Yusef Maisonet, …
Alabama Prison Warden Lacks Authority to Make End-of-Life Decisions for Prisoners by The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals held on October 2, 2018 that an Alabama prison warden was not entitled to qualified immunity because his actions of requesting a do-not-resuscitate (DNR) order and decision to remove a prisoner from …
Alabama Sheriff Pockets Excess Jail Food Funds, Buys Beach House, Loses Re-election Bid by Kevin Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss In June 2018, Sheriff Todd Entrekin withdrew from his re-election campaign in Etowah County, Alabama, conceding to his only opponent, Rainbow City Police Chief Jonathon Horton. Entrekin will serve out …
Alabama DOC Ordered to Remedy Overcrowded, Understaffed Prisons in Mental Health Suit by Kevin W. Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss A U.S. District Court has ordered the Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) to come up with an acceptable solution to address deplorable living conditions in the state’s prison system before …
$32,000 Settlement in Excessive Force Case Involving Mentally Ill Alabama Prisoner by A settlement was reached in a civil rights action alleging guards at Alabama’s Madison County Jail (MCJ) used excessive force on a mentally ill prisoner during a cell extraction. Haraesheo Rice, 31, was well known to MCJ staff, …
Alabama Prisoner in Failed Execution Attempt will Not Face Another by David Reutter by David M. Reutter In March 2018, the Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) agreed not to set another execution date for death row prisoner Doyle Lee Hamm. The settlement resolved a lawsuit that followed a failed attempt …
Violent Incidents Follow Settlement to End Dangerous Conditions at Alabama Prison by Within a year after a settlement was reached between the non-profit Equal Justice Initiative (EJI) and the Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) to address violence at the St. Clair Correctional Facility in Springville, three prisoners were killed and …
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Ray v. Judicial Corrections Services, AL, Memo, Paying Court Debts, 2018 Case 2:12-cv-02819-RDP Document 709 Filed 10/22/18 Page 1 of 59 FILED 2018 Oct-22 PM 10:36 U.S. DISTRICT COURT N.D. OF ALABAMA UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ALABAMA SOUTHERN DIVISION GINA KAY RAY, et al., Individually and on …
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Alabama Pastor and Non-profit Director Fights Capital Murder Charge by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna Dothan, Alabama pastor and non-profit director Kenneth Glasgow, 52, has been charged with capital murder in a controversial case where another man with whom he was driving fatally shot a woman who allegedly stole the …
Alabama Prisoners Suffer Nation’s Highest Homicide, Suicide Rates by David Reutter by David Reutter Alabama’s prison murder rate, already the nation’s worst, is on the rise – along with an increase in assaults that do not end in fatalities, as well as prisoner suicides. Prison officials agree that the root …
State Criminal Justice Reform Efforts Gaining Traction by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis On the federal level, hopes for criminal justice reform have fallen victim to partisan bickering in Congress and a lack of substantive interest from the White House. Fortunately, state officials are not waiting around, and state-level reform …
Nevada DOC Cuts Prison Sagebrush Program After Federal Funds Withheld by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell The Nevada Department of Corrections has cut the Sagebrush in Prisons program, citing overtime costs and lack of staff oversight, after the federal government withheld funding for the program. This means the 300,000 sagebrush …
