Reps. Alma Adams and Jonathan L. Jackson—both HBCU alumni—called USDA's decision a 'clear' and 'unacceptable' attack.

Ten former New York corrections employees have been indicted in the death of Robert Brooks, according to an indictment ...

Alabama Leaders Collaborate to Remove Barriers and Expand Opportunities By Jakiya Dudley, Media Specialist MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Reentry Alabama, formally known as the Study Commission on Interagency ...

A bill upping the amount the state can borrow to build a second 4,000-bed prison was approved by the Alabama Senate.

Alabama Senate passes a bill allowing $500 million more for state prison construction, raising borrowing to $1.28 billion.

Alabama is building a 4,000-bed prison in Elmore County and plans to build another 4,000-bed prison in Escambia County.

Two men are under arrest after authorities say they tried to smuggle contraband into Alabama prisons. Kevin Harris, of ...

Despite no support for claims that it is a more humane method of execution, Arkansas is looking at using nitrogen gas to kill inmates.

Frazier remained in the legal custody of the Michigan Department of Corrections, a state where the death penalty was outlawed in 1847. But he was executed in Alabama, where he was transferred ...

According to Jefferson County officials, 30-year-old Cordel Ladon Battle died after he sustained ‘sharp force injuries’ during a reported assault Tuesday, Feb, 12. Authorities say Battle was found ...

An inmate at William Donaldson Correctional Facility in Bessemer, Alabama, has died from sharp force injuries sustained ...

ATMORE, ALA – Demetrius Terrence Frazier, a Michigan man on Alabama death row, became the first person executed while in the ...