An Arizona death row prisoner asked the state’s highest court to skip legal formalities and schedule his execution earlier than authorities were aiming for, pushing as he had in the ...

A year after they filed a federal lawsuit to end “a modern-day form of slavery,” the plaintiffs representing prisoners in ...

A legislative committee Thursday approved legal contracts for the Alabama Department of Corrections involving prison ...

Alabama’s incarceration rate rose slightly between 2022 and 2023, with a 1.5 percent increase in inmates. Alabama saw a jump ...

A former Tuscumbia police officer's motion to modify his sentence was denied after being sentenced in October.

Fifteen days ago, Alabama football coach Kalen DeBoer preached commitment. The Crimson Tide was stunned, having just finished a 24-3 road loss to Oklahoma, a game intended to be a tune-up before ...

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.

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

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 Clinton-era law created a separate, unequal justice system for prisoners, placing obstacles in their way before civil ...