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\u201cProtesters speak out against Alabama prison-building plan outside the State House. They talked about people who have died in the Alabama prisons.\u201d— Mike Cason (@Mike Cason) 1632936450
"To be clear, the current state of the Alabama prison system is abhorrent, but the use of Covid-19 relief funds to pay for decades of our state's neglect is simply unacceptable."
--Rep. Terri Sewell (D-Ala.)
\u201cThis is kind of a picture of where we are as a country: Alabama governor defends plans to use covid relief funds to build new prisons. Meanwhile Alabama's ICU's are full with unvaccinated COVID patients. Is she thinking of putting them in prison?\u201d— Alexander Stille (@Alexander Stille) 1632921807
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\u201cProtesters speak out against Alabama prison-building plan outside the State House. They talked about people who have died in the Alabama prisons.\u201d— Mike Cason (@Mike Cason) 1632936450
"To be clear, the current state of the Alabama prison system is abhorrent, but the use of Covid-19 relief funds to pay for decades of our state's neglect is simply unacceptable."
--Rep. Terri Sewell (D-Ala.)
\u201cThis is kind of a picture of where we are as a country: Alabama governor defends plans to use covid relief funds to build new prisons. Meanwhile Alabama's ICU's are full with unvaccinated COVID patients. Is she thinking of putting them in prison?\u201d— Alexander Stille (@Alexander Stille) 1632921807
\u201cProtesters speak out against Alabama prison-building plan outside the State House. They talked about people who have died in the Alabama prisons.\u201d— Mike Cason (@Mike Cason) 1632936450
"To be clear, the current state of the Alabama prison system is abhorrent, but the use of Covid-19 relief funds to pay for decades of our state's neglect is simply unacceptable."
--Rep. Terri Sewell (D-Ala.)
\u201cThis is kind of a picture of where we are as a country: Alabama governor defends plans to use covid relief funds to build new prisons. Meanwhile Alabama's ICU's are full with unvaccinated COVID patients. Is she thinking of putting them in prison?\u201d— Alexander Stille (@Alexander Stille) 1632921807