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

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

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

The execution of an Alabama inmate set to die next week by breathing in nitrogen gas is constitutional and can go forward, a ...

The escaped inmates were being held on various charges, including murder and first-degree robbery.

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.

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 ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — A Muslim inmate scheduled to be executed next week in Alabama said the state is violating his rights by requiring a Christian prison chaplain to stand near him as he is put to death ...

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 ...

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 ...