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 ...

After a year in the public spotlight, the head of the Alabama parole board once again chose to say nothing. “Any questions will have to go to Matthew (our spokesperson),” said Leigh Gwathney, the ...

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 ...

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

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

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 ...

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 ...