MONTGOMERY, Alabama, April 4 -- The Equal Justice Initiative issued the following news: * * * Homicide Rate in Alabama Prisons Five Times Higher Than State as a Whole In a new study, EJI researchers have found that people incarcerated in Alabama's "secure" prisons die by homicide and suicide at much higher rates than Alabama residents who are not incarcerated. With a statewide mortality rate four times the most recently reported national mortality rate, Alabama is an outlier compared to othe more PR