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

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

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 ...

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

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

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

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

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 ...

Years of overcrowding, understaffing, and allegations of inmate abuse have culminated in a series of lawsuits and federal interventions, placing Alabama’s Department of Corrections (ADOC ...

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