The death of an inmate at Staton Correctional Facility is under investigation, according to the Alabama Department of ...

Alabama's prison labor system profits from cheap, unsupervised inmates working for private companies. The system is criticized for exploitation and potential danger.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Margie Mason, investigative reporter at the AP, about the alleged exploitation and abuse of the prison labor force in Alabama.

Years of overcrowding, understaffing, and allegations of inmate abuse have culminated in a series of lawsuits and federal interventions, placing Alabama’s Department of Corrections (ADOC ...

AL.com spent 2024 delving into Alabama’s broken parole system, which had all but stopped releasing eligible prisoners in 2023 ...

Union organizing efforts met mixed results, companies fought lawsuits over hiring children, and Republicans attacked access ...

On Christmas Eve, Atmore police, Poarch Creek police and the Alabama Department of Corrections responded to reports of trespassers seen near the Fountain Correctional Facility. They reportedly ...

The Alabama Department of Corrections said two men were arrested Tuesday after they allegedly trespassed on the grounds of the Fountain Correctional Facility in Atmore.

While John Hamm, the Commissioner of the Alabama Department of Corrections, didn’t comment on the board publicly at that meeting in October, he did detail the status of the prisons and the ...

Convicted murderer Drew Johnson is back in prison on Christmas Day after briefly escaping a Mississippi state prison on ...

Two men are facing charges after allegedly being found near an Atmore prison with a backpack full of illegal drugs and other ...