“The Equal Justice Initiative said today there have been 13 homicides in Alabama prisons this year, part of a sharp increase over the last decade that has raised the homicide rate far above the most recently available national rate. The 13 slayings this year represent a rate of about 62 homicides per 100,000 inmates. The national homicide rate in state prisons was 7 per 100,000 in 2012, 2013, and 2014, the most recent numbers from the U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics.“

Birmingham News

November 18, 2019