An Alabama state representative said a former Department of Corrections contractor has committed millions of dollars worth of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A guard tower at Holman Correctional Facility in 2019. Alabama lawmakers are not yet ready to commit to closing older prisons, a ...

A state lawmaker on Thursday put a hold on an Alabama Department of Corrections contract with a law firm that employs attorneys who were reprimanded by a federal judge for using artificial ...

Alabama lawmaker alleges former prison healthcare provider defrauded the state.

When the Alabama Legislature approved the construction of two new men’s prisons in 2021, it also committed to shuttering existing ones. HB 4, sponsored by Rep. Steve Clouse, R-Ozark, outlined ...

Family members of state inmates wore red T-shirts with the words “Alabama Dept. of Corruptions” to the State House on Wednesday. Shannon Quinley of Monroe County said they wanted to send a message to ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WIAT) — The Free Alabama Movement is calling for a shutdown, or an inmate work strike, on Feb. 8, 2026. It’s all a part of an effort to change the prison conditions witnessed in the ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The Alabama prison system has moved three well-known inmate activists who supported a 2022 prison strike and were featured in an Oscar-nominated documentary about the troubled ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - Families, former inmates and former corrections staff packed a State House committee room to describe what they called ongoing violence, extortion and unsafe, overcrowded ...

Most Alabama politicians call themselves fiscal conservatives. But in Alabama, fiscal conservatism is usually performative and never consistent. We often hear boasts that Alabama balances its budgets.