MOBILE, Ala. -- Today, the Mobile County Sheriff Sam Cochran and Mobile Mayor Sandy Stimpson announced a temporary testing site outside of the county jail after 38 incarcerated people and 30 staff have tested positive.

The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals today denied the state of Alabama’s request to stay a preliminary injunction the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the ACLU of Alabama secured earlier this month on behalf of Dr. Yashica Robinson and three independent abortion clinics.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- Today, Governor Ivey issued a supplemental emergency proclamation to allow for the Alabama Bureau of Pardons and Paroles to resume parole hearings.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — A federal court issued a preliminary injunction tonight preventing the state of Alabama from using the guise of the COVID-19 crisis to prevent people from obtaining abortion care.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- Today, the Campaign for Smart Justice with the ACLU of Alabama released a new report revealing a severe backlog of people in Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) facilities who are eligible for parole but who have not had a hearing. 

MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- On Tuesday, Vice News reported that the Alabama Department of Public Health was sending the addresses (not names) of individuals who have tested positive for COVID-19 to state law enforcement officials to reportedly protect first responders from exposure. 

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — A federal court issued an order tonight blocking the state of Alabama from using the guise of the COVID-19 crisis to prevent people from obtaining abortion care.