Last year's meeting Families of inmates describe 'horrific' conditions in Alabama prisons “Because while I was in prison, it ...

Advocates, experts, formerly incarcerated individuals and family members of those behind bars Wednesday described an Alabama ...

An Alabama jail captain and other jail employees have been indicted in connection with the death of a mentally ill man who died of hypothermia.

Family members of people locked away in Alabama’s prisons told lawmakers on Wednesday horror stories from parole hearings. They said the lack of parole — and the new parole guidelines — take away hope ...

WALKER COUNTY, Ala. ( WIAT) — Several employees at the Walker County Jail have been charged with abusing at least six inmates ...

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 ...

Three of the private attorneys representing Alabama’s prison system have been publicly reprimanded by a federal judge for using fake legal citations. The scathing order said lawyers Matthew Reeves, ...

Hunt, who was born in 1960 and came to death row in 1990, is now among the longest-serving inmates on Alabama’s death row. He said prison became his “hospital” to heal his broken mind.

72% of the homicides in Alabama prisons in 2024 were of Black individuals, the study shows. The ACLU of Alabama recommends requiring autopsies for all prison deaths and more transparent reporting. The ...

ATMORE, Ala. — An Alabama man convicted of killing a woman in 1988 was put to death Tuesday evening in the nation’s sixth execution by nitrogen gas. Gregory Hunt was pronounced dead at 6:26 p ...