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 ...

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

Two men were arrested Tuesday after they were allegedly trespassing on the grounds of the Fountain Correctional Facility in Atmore, according to the Alabama Department of ...

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

Gov. Kay Ivey offered a heartfelt Christmas message of love and caring. There's one place in the state that needs it most.

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

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 drink," ...

"This is an extremely disturbing situation," Assistant Chief Deputy Wesley Richerson said during a news conference on Monday.

An Alabama sheriff is requesting the FBI to investigate possible civil rights violations at a youth detention facility, law ...

Alabama sheriff officials have asked the FBI ... The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Department was notified of "potential criminal behavior" at the county's youth detention facility on Wednesday ...