ADOC chaplains coordinate ‘reasonable opportunities’ for inmates to practice faith Ever wondered what a typical day in the life of an Alabama Department of Corrections
Youth in the correctional system are sign of family, community problems By Martha Simmons Correspondent, The Alabama Baptist Still wearing his black robe, weary Circuit
A look at mass incarceration in Alabama — third in a series By Martha Simmons Correspondent, The Alabama Baptist The Bible is pretty clear when
By Martha Simmons Correspondent, The Alabama Baptist On any given day in Alabama nearly 106,000 men, women and children are either incarcerated or under some
While most Protestant pastors visit correctional facilities and want to help prisoners and their families, their churches often lack the training or finances for effective
By Martha Simmons Correspondent, The Alabama Baptist For a freedom-loving country, the United States locks up more people than any other nation in the world.
Thanks for your excellent article on people in our prisons in the June 28 issue — “Could people of faith be the answer?”. It is
By Carrie Brown McWhorter The Alabama Baptist Alabama’s incarceration rate continued a four-year declining trend in 2017, mirroring a decline in the prison population nationally.
