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 ...
The death of an inmate at Staton Correctional Facility is under investigation, according to the Alabama Department of ...
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.
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.
Union organizing efforts met mixed results, companies fought lawsuits over hiring children, and Republicans attacked access ...
Law enforcement in Mississippi is looking for the suspect connected to the shooting death of three people early this morning ...
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.
Some local governments spent their COVID relief cash on infrastructure and low-income housing while others opted for ...
Arkansas currently has more than 17,000 of its just over 3 million people locked up in state prisons around the state, with ...