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The Violence is the Point — And the Budget Proves It

Cason Helms was beaten to death earlier this month (June 2026) at the Elmore Correctional Facility in Alabama — the ninth person killed in an Alabama prison in as many months. The headlines will say "inmate-on-inmate violence," as if the state were a bystander. As if this were an unforeseeable tragedy instead of the predictable… Continue reading The Violence is the Point — And the Budget Proves It