Last year's meeting Families of inmates describe 'horrific' conditions in Alabama prisons “Because while I was in prison, it ...

Advocates, experts, formerly incarcerated individuals and family members of those behind bars Wednesday described an Alabama ...

Family members of people locked away in Alabama’s prisons told lawmakers on Wednesday horror stories from parole hearings. They said the lack of parole — and the new parole guidelines — take away hope ...

105 out of 277 deaths in Alabama state prisons in 2024 are listed as having unknown causes or are under investigation, a new report states. 72% of the homicides in Alabama prisons in 2024 were of ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. - For the third time in the span of a week, law enforcement at one Alabama prison have arrested a set of suspects who were allegedly trying to smuggle contraband into the facility.

Alabama is preparing to execute a man with nitrogen gas for the 1988 beating death of a woman. Gregory Hunt is scheduled to be put to death Tuesday at a south Alabama prison.

A former Alabama state prison officer who pleaded guilty to sex with an inmate must register as a sex offender, even though the sexual misconduct was with a consenting adult, the Alabama State ...

Corey Jermaine Burroughs, 41, was sentenced to 195 months for drug charges related to smuggling contraband into Alabama prisons. Burroughs, a former inmate, was found with methamphetamine ...

First of all, it’s important to know that William Lunsford, a lawyer at Butler Snow’s office in Huntsville, is Alabama’s go-to guy for defending its prisons and their leaders. The state has ...

72% of the homicides in Alabama prisons in 2024 were of Black individuals, the study shows. The ACLU of Alabama recommends requiring autopsies for all prison deaths and more transparent reporting. The ...