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. - For the third time in the span of a week, law enforcement at one Alabama prison have arrested a set of suspects who were allegedly trying to smuggle contraband into the facility.

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 ...

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 ...

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.

Families told the Joint Prison Oversight Committee on Wednesday that the hope of parole is the best incentive for good ...

ATMORE, Ala. — An Alabama man who dropped his appeals and said he deserved to die for a 2010 rape and murder was executed Thursday evening, using his final words to apologize to the woman he killed.

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

An Alabama death row inmate was executed Thursday after being convicted in the 2010 sexual assault and fatal stabbing of 44-year-old mother Tracy Lynn Wilemon in Chilton County. James Osgood, 55 ...

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