A Hueytown woman is facing charges in two Alabama counties as part of an investigation into contraband smuggling at state ...

WETUMPKA − An inmate is accused of setting a fire at Tutwiler Correctional Facility that sent the inmate and four correctional officers for medical treatment. The fire happened Tuesday, April 29, said ...

DC/DOX, the acclaimed documentary festival in the nation’s capital, will kick off its third edition with the world premiere ...

Despite all the evidence that it doesn't work, Alabama continues to choose cruelty and meanness as its primary corrections ...

In its report, the ACLU of Alabama also found that 72% of people who died by homicide in 2024 were Black. Thirty-eight staff ...

If we were to send a couple prisoners (to El Salvador)," the sponsor said, "I don’t think they’ll commit the crimes.” ...

Jefferson County is now the 25th IGNITE site in the nation and the fourth in Alabama to adopt the program, and it's already ...

A spokeswoman for the Alabama Department of Corrections said the fire was reported Tuesday at Tutwiler Correctional Facility ...

The Alabama Legislature on April 29 gave final approval to the state’s two budgets for the 2026 fiscal year, but not without ...

A federal judge says Idaho prison officials must allow media witnesses at executions to watch as the lethal injection drugs ...

A Brewton man has been sentenced to five years in federal prison for threatening a prosecutor.

A federal judge Monday imposed a five-year sentence – the maximum allowed by law – on a prisoner who threatened to kill ...