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The Alabama Department of Corrections is being sued by the U.S. Department of Justice over the state's deadly prisons.
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The Alabama Department of Corrections is being sued by the U.S. Department of Justice over the state's deadly prisons.
Ian Rettig was stabbed the day before his expected release — and a day before his birthday.
Edwin Wells, 29, died on Oct. 10 from injuries during an apparent inmate-on-inmate assault at the Easterling Correctional Facility, the Alabama Department of Corrections...
Testing data from the department shows there was an outbreak of the disease in the prison around the time he was taken to a...
Almost all of the information in the report has already been published through APR’s own independent reporting on McMillian’s death, and the report corroborates...
Robert Earl Adams, 40, died on Aug. 5 and although no foul play is suspected, a department spokeswoman in a message to APR said...
Of the state’s approximately 21,000 inmates, 585 had been tested as of Thursday.
His exact cause of death is pending an autopsy, but the department said prior to his death he was not showing symptoms of COVID-19.
A prison worker says the amount of pepper spray used was excessive, and that officers knowingly and intentionally put the inmate's life in jeopardy.
A 38-year-old man serving at Donaldson Correctional Facility died last week, but the cause was unclear Monday. The Alabama Department of Corrections in a...
