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

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

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 ...

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

The Alabama Department of Corrections announced Tuesday its Law Enforcement Services Division (LESD) and its K-9 teams ...

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

Alabama Senate Votes to Give Gov. Ivey More Control of Veterans Affairs MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The Alabama Senate voted Tuesday to give the governor the power to appoint the head of the Alabama ...

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

Roughly 14 months after an Alabama mother was arrested for allegedly ... in Escambia County jail with a hold for the Florida Department of Corrections (FDOC), awaiting transport to state prison.

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

The leader of a cultlike group known as the Zizians has been arrested in Maryland along with another member of the group, ...