There are 4 article(s) tagged Jeannie Alexander:

• May 2020

  • Inmate advocate calls prisons’ COVID care a ‘nightmare’

    With more than 12% of Tennessee prison inmates testing positive for COVID-19, an inmate advocate is raising questions about the cleanliness of facilities while challenging the state's numbers and policies.

    By Sam Stockard May 18, 2020

• July 2019

  • Towns hopes to take anti-slavery amendment to national level

    State Rep. Joe Towns passed a resolution this year calling for a constitutional amendment to remove slavery and involuntary servitude from the Tennessee Constitution. He contends the U.S. Constitution needs amending, just as the state document does.

    By Sam Stockard July 23, 2019

  • Murder rate higher in state’s privately run prisons, advocacy groups say

    Tennessee prisons operated by CoreCivic experienced twice as many inmate murders over a five-year period as state Department of Correction-run facilities, according to two advocacy groups.

    By Sam Stockard July 11, 2019

• March 2019

  • Towns trying to remove slavery from state Constitution

    Saying he wants to blot out “one of the worst parts of our history,” state Rep. Joe Towns is renewing legislation to eliminate slavery and involuntary servitude from the Tennessee Constitution.

    By Sam Stockard March 15, 2019