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Alabama prisoners in both the county jails and state penitentiaries have been required to work at farming and cotton plantations since the 1840s. By the 1878, convict labor rented from the state was used most commonly in the coal mining industry, often as strike breakers. [6] In 1894 one coal company employed 1,138 convicts, another used 589. [7]
Between 1812 and 1965, 708 people were executed in Alabama. Until 1927, hanging was the primary method of execution, although one person was put to death by firing squad . In addition to murder, capital crimes in Alabama formerly included rape, arson, and robbery. [11] According to the Alabama Department of Corrections, 31 persons were executed ...
Bullock Work Release Center. Camden Work Release Center. Childersburg Boot & Work Camp. Childersburg Work Release Center. Davis Correctional Facility. Decatur Work Release Center (RENAMED - North Alabama Work Release Center) Elba Work Release Center. Farquhar Cattle Ranch. Frank Lee Youth Center.
An Alabama sheriff evacuated his county's jail Thursday, citing a need to prevent unspecified “health and safety issues.” Autauga County Sheriff Mark Harrell said in a statement posted on ...
An Alabama man who told a police officer, “Get your ass out of the way” after he was ticketed during a traffic stop last year says he was ordered by a judge to either apologize to the officer ...
August 6, 2024 at 12:47 PM. Dave Martin/AP. The office of Alabama’s attorney general has settled a federal lawsuit filed by death row inmate Alan Miller over the state’s plan for him to become ...
Police code. A police code is a brevity code, usually numerical or alphanumerical, used to transmit information between law enforcement over police radio systems in the United States. Examples of police codes include "10 codes" (such as 10-4 for "okay" or "acknowledged"—sometimes written X4 or X-4), signals, incident codes, response codes, or ...
A 2018 report by the Southern Poverty Law Center and the Alabama Appleseed Center for Law and Justice found that Alabama law enforcement raked in roughly $2.2 million through civil asset ...