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There's been much coverage of Trump's deportations to far flung prisons, but don't think we're immune from human rights violations at home. Brutality & cruelty are a feature of prison in America. My latest on Substack. bethshelburne.substack.com/p/alabama-pris…

PERIOD!!!!!!

Imagine if Obama did this.

“Because we are all poets or babies in the middle of the night, struggling with being.” ~Martin Amis #amwriting #quoteoftheday

He says guards beat him in a prison barbershop & broke his hip. They say it never happened. But Alabama's prison system still agreed to pay $140K to settle his excessive force complaint. The anatomy of one prison lawsuit & what it says about this system. alabamareflector.com/2025/05/21/the…

Alabama's prison system spends tens of millions defending itself in hundreds of lawsuits over excessive force. Guess who's getting rich? Private attorneys hired in no bid contracts to represent officers accused of abuse. And who's paying for it? We are. alabamareflector.com/2025/05/22/whe…

Alabama's oldest incarcerated citizen has died. Mr. Floyd Coleman was 106, born in 1919. Jefferson County's coroner says Coleman was transported to a hospital 2 days before he died, no foul play suspected. He served 40 years in prison for a murder conviction. #prison #America

What's the right word for radio silence from state leaders in the wake of a crisis? Something that connotes more hostility than indifference. Asking for all writers and journalists who cover Alabama prisons.

Friday night.

850,000 low-income households in Alabama could lose some or all their SNAP benefits. That's almost 15% of the state population, and mostly older adults, disabled people & families with children. The single largest cut to food assistance in history. usnews.com/news/national-…

"People die in state prisons, or emerge with major physical and psychological injuries. The state treats each one of those lives as a sunk cost, a string of numbers to go onto a spreadsheet." On Alabama's prison disaster & state leaders' complicity. alabamareflector.com/2025/05/27/may…

Alabama's prison oversight meeting livestream. Meeting starts at 10:30. alison.legislature.state.al.us/live-stream?lo…

1000 workers are currently constructing Alabama's new billion dollar mega-prison, according to an update at this week's prison oversight meeting. Will the "Kay Ivey Correctional Complex" employ the same guards sued repeatedly for excessive force? A new building won't fix that.

Why is it "totally inappropriate" that the director of the national portrait gallery supports diversity, equity and inclusion? Trump wants only sycophants, even in the arts? Every day we closer to an oligarchy. nytimes.com/2025/05/30/art…

“It’s wrong to hurt people who are struggling to help people who are already doing well," says Robyn Hyden about slashes to SNAP and Medicaid. RT if you agree! #BigBeautifulBill