Union organizing efforts met mixed results, companies fought lawsuits over hiring children, and Republicans attacked access ...

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Margie Mason, investigative reporter at the AP, about the alleged exploitation and abuse of the prison labor force in Alabama.

Encouraging participation in democratic processes will do more for public safety than disenfranchising people ever will.

The death of an inmate at Staton Correctional Facility is under investigation, according to the Alabama Department of ...

Alabama's prison labor system profits from cheap, unsupervised inmates working for private companies. The system is criticized for exploitation and potential danger.

An investigation is underway into the death of an Ohio corrections officer. Officer Andrew Lansing was attacked by an inmate ...

Two men are facing charges after allegedly being found near an Atmore prison with a backpack full of illegal drugs and other ...

AL.com spent 2024 delving into Alabama’s broken parole system, which had all but stopped releasing eligible prisoners in 2023 ...

Alabama’s prison system remains under intense scrutiny as state officials work to comply with federal mandates aimed at ...

The Alabama Department of Corrections said two men were arrested Tuesday after they allegedly trespassed on the grounds of the Fountain Correctional Facility in Atmore.

ADOC said K-9 handlers discovered suspects Derrick Bean and Keith Davis in a wooded area near the facility and a backpack ...

The Mississippi Department of Corrections and other agencies had been searching for inmate Drew Johnson, who escaped from the ...