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 ...

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

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 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 ...

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

A storm was looming when the inmate serving 20 years for armed robbery was assigned to transport fellow prisoners to their ...

"They get new (failure to appear notices), new suspended driver’s licenses. Now, they get pulled over up the road .... now ...

Back on the morning of Jan. 26, Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall praised the state’s prison officials for a “textbook” ...

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 ...