State officials will name a $1 billion prison in Elmore County after Gov. Kay Ivey, who made its construction a priority in her first term. Members of the Alabama Corrections Institution Finance ...

About 150 to 200 people who have been in prison at least 25 years would be eligible to apply for a shorter sentence.

An Alabama state judge ruled that a lawsuit accusing Alabama prisons of illegally harvesting the organs of people who died while incarcerated will be allowed to proceed.

Tuscaloosa's own Ted Sexton is among a handful of new hires at the Alabama Department of Corrections, which oversees the ...

James Jones is one of thousands of men who served life without parole in an Alabama prison. He spent 43 years at the St.

while the Alabama Legislature gave final approval to ensure funding for another mega-prison. The Republican governors in both ...

A Birmingham man has been charged with multiple crimes after authorities say he was caught trying to smuggle contraband – including knives and drugs – into an Alabama state prison. Terrence ...

Alabama Governor Kay Ivey has appointed a new commissioner for the Alabama Department of Corrections.This just two weeks after the U.S Department of Justice filed another complaint about prison ...

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey signed a bill to increase the state's prison bond authorization by $500 million on Monday. Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey signed a bill to increase the authorization for prison bonds ...

(WALA) - A Georgia man has been handed a federal prison sentence of more than 17 years for trafficking drugs while in an Alabama prison ... trafficking in 2022. The state sentenced Melton to ...

The state has set aside about $405 million ... Thomas Jackson, a Democrat, said. Alabama’s new 4,000-bed prison now under construction in Elmore County, Alabama is expected to open in 2026.