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

Two men were arrested on drugs and other charges after they were found on Christmas Eve near a state prison with a backpack ...

The family of a Jefferson County man who died the day he was to be released from prison last year has filed a federal lawsuit ...

A representative of the Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) confirmed to the BBJ the department has entered a lease ...

No state has a longer, more profit-driven history of contracting prisoners out to private companies than Alabama.

The family of Daniel Williams, 22, said he was held hostage, forced to consume drugs, and repeatedly raped for two days.

The supplier fired dozens of prisoners after some of them said they felt they had no choice but to take those jobs.

"They get new (failure to appear notices), new suspended driver’s licenses. Now, they get pulled over up the road .... now ...

A wrongful death lawsuit has been filed against the commissioner of the Alabama Department of Corrections following the death ...

Alabama set an ambitious goal for itself: lower recidivism by 25% and increase post-incarceration employment rates by 50% by ...

An inmate-on-staff assault was reported at Limestone Correctional Facility, according to the Alabama Department of ...

U.S. District Judge J. Austin Huffaker rejected a challenge to nitrogen executions from Carey Dale Grayson on Nov. 6. The ...