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

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

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

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 ...

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.

AL.com spent 2024 delving into Alabama’s broken parole system, which had all but stopped releasing eligible prisoners in 2023 ...

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 ...

On Christmas Eve, Atmore police, Poarch Creek police and the Alabama Department of Corrections responded to reports of trespassers seen near the Fountain Correctional Facility. They reportedly ...

As the other men staggered into the storm to flag down help, they wondered: Why would the Alabama Department of Corrections place their lives in Jones’ hands? “They knew he had a propensity to ...