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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. Hamilton Work Release Center.
Cahaba Prison, also known as Castle Morgan, held prisoners of war in Dallas County, Alabama, where the Confederacy held captive Union soldiers during the American Civil War. The prison was located in the small Alabama town of Cahaba, at the confluence of the Alabama and Cahaba rivers, not far from Selma. [1] It suffered a serious flood in 1865.
1176. Opened. 1981. Managed by. Alabama Department of Corrections. Elmore Correctional Facility is a medium-security prison for men, located in Elmore, Elmore County, Alabama. The facility has an operating capacity of 1176 and was first opened in 1981 with temporary modular dormitories. [1]
Groveland Four. The Groveland Four (or the Groveland Boys) were four African American men, Ernest Thomas, Charles Greenlee, Samuel Shepherd, and Walter Irvin. In July 1949, the four were accused of raping a white woman and severely beating her husband in Lake County, Florida. The oldest, Thomas, tried to elude capture and was killed that month.
By the end of 2019, the legislature had not yet funded Governor Bentley's plan for new facilities. The state announced that most of the Holman prison would be closed. [16] In October 2021, Governor Kay Ivey signed a prison construction package into law. The $1.3 billion package includes three prison construction bills and one prison reform bill.
The March trilogy tells the life story of Lewis from his childhood in Alabama, to his role in the civil rights movement in the 1950s and 60s, and his later political career. [43] The books celebrate the Civil Rights Movement and its legacy, particularly in Selma , Alabama, where Lewis was a member of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating ...
Birmingham, Alabama, USA. Occupation. Poet. Website. ashleymjonespoetry.com. Ashley Michelle Jones (born 1990) is an American poet and activist. She is the first Black Poet Laureate of Alabama (2022–2026) and the youngest person to hold this position. [1] She is the Associate Director of the University Honors Program at UAB and a Core faculty ...
The Wetumpka State Penitentiary ( WSP ), originally known as the Alabama State Penitentiary, was the first state prison established in Alabama. [2] Built on the east bank of the Coosa River in Wetumpka, it was nicknamed the "Walls of Alabama" or "Walls". For much of its operation, the prison housed both men and women, kept in separate sections ...