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

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

A judge ordered a new school board election in Ben Hill County after election officials made mistakes that left the race off 88 voters' ballots.

A state autopsy determined that the Black man found hanging in an abandoned Alabama home died by suicide, according to the ...

Alabama’s prison system, which has been plagued with violent conditions and drug use due to understaffing and overcrowding, ...

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 Groton man pleaded guilty on Friday to a child exploitation offense, according to the Department of Justice. Ryan Cameron, ...

CHARLESTON COUNTY, S.C. (WCIV) — The family of D'Angelo Brown, who died in December 2022 while in custody at the Al Cannon ...

The Transportation Department’s first ever penalty for chronic delays takes aim at four routes that consistently arrived late for five consecutive months. She was the first woman elected ...

Attorney General Letitia James’ office is backing away from the criminal probe into the caught-on-camera beating death of Marcy Correctional inmate Robert Brooks, officials said Friday.

Jason Peña, now 14, was shot in the head on a highway in the state of Durango, a family spokeswoman said. His father and uncle, both U.S. citizens, and a Mexican relative were also killed. By ...