Three Alabama prison inmates featured in an Oscar-nominated documentary have filed a federal lawsuit alleging their abrupt ...

Tyrone Davis, 50, of Montgomery, and Kelvin Gibbons, 49, of Clanton, are charged with trafficking methamphetamine, ...

Arrests have been made in connection to two separate attempts to bring contraband into Alabama prison facilities, the Alabama ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For the second year, loved ones and advocates spoke before a legislative committee designed to curb violence and improve ...

Robert Earl Council, Melvin Ray and Raoul Poole — featured in the Oscar-nominated documentary The Alabama Solution were placed in solitary confinement last month in what advocates believe is ...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - The documentary The Alabama Solution, which premiered earlier this year at the Sundance Film Festival, uses video captured inside Alabama’s prisons to show violence, forced ...

“In 2024 alone, 277 people died in Alabama prisons” Dakarai Larriett, US Senate candidate in Alabama, says. “Building mega-prisons, naming one after governor Kay Ivy, is not the solution.” From ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- Family members of people incarcerated in Alabama prisons packed a Wednesday meeting of the Legislative Prison Committee and then held a rally on the steps of the Capitol. They said ...

An Oscar-nominated movie about Alabama prisons is shining a spotlight on concerns surrounding Oklahoma prisons.

Alabama prisons face ongoing issues with overcrowding, unsanitary conditions and extreme temperatures, advocates say. Inmate advocates and family members allege denial of basic necessities and rampant ...