A security officer was arrested Friday after an alleged incident at an Alabama prison. According to the Alabama Department of ...

Khamya Rynea Walker, a security officer at Easterling Correctional Facility in Barbour County, is an employee of an Alabama Department of Corrections contractor.

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 ...

The crash occurred near the Fullerton Municipal Airport and prompted the evacuation of more than 100 people from inside the ...

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

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

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 ...

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

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