Gov. Kay Ivey on Tuesday announced that because of the COVID-19, she’s giving a two-week deadline extension for submission of proposals to build then lease three...
At least six people in the Jefferson County Jail had their paroles revoked after serving time in state prisons for non-violent crimes, and as the threat...
The Alabama Department of Corrections has tested 17 inmates in nine of the state’s prisons for the novel coronavirus. All tests so far have been negative....
A Birmingham man serving at Ventress Correctional Facility in Clayton was killed by another inmate, according to the Alabama Department of Corrections. Dennis Benson, 40, who...
More than two dozen legal academics and former law enforcement officials in Alabama are asking the state to resume parole hearings and release very ill and...
When Amber Faircloth learned Thursday of the first confirmed case of COVID-19 in an Alabama prison, she worried that her husband, who has cancer, could be...
The Alabama Department of Corrections on Friday announced a 30-day moratorium on taking in inmates from the county jails amid the COVID-19 pandemic. ADOC on Thursday...
An administrative employee at a state prison has tested positive for COVID-19, and all staff who came into contact with the person are under a 14-day...
The Alabama Department of Corrections has suspended visitations and begun screening staff for fever at state prisons due to concerns of COVID-19 entering the facilities. “We...
Civil rights groups are demanding that action is taken to protect people in jails and prisons, who are vulnerable to the spread of COVID-19. The Southern...
