In a brief but emotional hearing at the Statehouse Wednesday, advocates for prison reform in Alabama applauded a legislative ...

The Madison Police Department said three people were charged in a murder conspiracy that was orchestrated from inside a ...

An Alabama state prison officer has been charged with trying to smuggle contraband into the lockup where he worked. Shelley ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. John Hamm, the commissioner of the Alabama Department of Corrections, speaks during a budget hearing at the Alabama Statehouse on ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An inmate in the custody of the Department of Corrections. Lawmakers expressed concerns Wednesday over the process for how people ...

ELMORE COUNTY, Ala. (WSFA) - A man was arrested Wednesday after an attempt to sneak contraband into a prison facility, according to the Alabama Department of Corrections. Omar Muhammad, a Montgomery ...

Alabama Governor Kay Ivey has awarded nearly $600,000 to the Alabama Department of Corrections to help prisoners overcome drug addictions, which likely contributed to inmates incarceration.