An Alabama inmate serving a robbery sentence is on the run after escaping from a work assignment in Mobile County.

"They have had significant issues in providing care, to the point where a couple of states are trying to get rid of them.” ...

Elizabeth Cox, a 61-year-old Springville woman, was taken into custody Thursday at St. Clair Correctional Facility, according to the Alabama Department of Corrections.

Two people face multiple charges, including drug trafficking and promoting prison contraband, after a trespassing probe near Ventress Correctional Facility, per ADOC ...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — An inmate at William E. Donaldson Correctional Facility was found dead in the prison’s infirmary ...

The Alabama Sentencing Commission said Friday that Alabama’s already overcrowded prisons could see inmate populations rise by nearly a third by 2030 due to new punitive laws passed by the Legislature.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Chase Mathis told prison guards he was being threatened by other inmates and feared for his life. But within hours of being moved to an adjacent prison, he was dead. Mathis died ...

Derrick Dearman appeared to be high on drugs in his Alabama prison in the days leading up to his execution. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive ...

105 out of 277 deaths in Alabama state prisons in 2024 are listed as having unknown causes or are under investigation, a new report states. 72% of the homicides in Alabama prisons in 2024 were of ...

Alabama Inmates Plan Work Strike as Families Say Crisis Continues in the Prison System ELMORE, Ala. (AP) — Family and advocates of people incarcerated in Alabama prisons on Thursday said they want to ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WIAT) — The Free Alabama Movement is calling for a shutdown, or an inmate work strike, on Feb. 8, 2026. It’s all a part of an effort to change the prison conditions witnessed in the ...