Recidivism rate is the tendency of a criminal to commit a crime and return to prison. This is one of those areas where fuzzy math drives...
Gov. Kay Ivey is going to build three new high-level security prisons to house the state’s most violent offenders and those inmates who are plagued by...
A federal court ruled Monday that Alabama’s prison system fails to adequately evaluate the mental health of inmates during isolation in segregation cells. The treatment of...
A former West Alabama sheriff who was removed from office in 2016 has pleaded guilty to eight criminal charges. Former Sumter County Sheriff Tyrone Clark pleaded...
The Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles submitted a corrective action plan to Gov. Kay Ivey Wednesday including policy changes concerning the way the board considers...
Secretary of State John Merrill expected turnout in Tuesday’s Democratic and Republican Party primary runoffs to be “extraordinarily low.” Merrill said he thought, on average, 15...
By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter Mammoth prison spending contract headed to contract review The State of Alabama is entering into a contract to pay Wexford...
By House Minority Leader Craig Ford Prisons could be the issue that defines the Alabama Legislature in 2017. Gov. Bentley has said he may call a...
By Brandon Moseley and Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter On Friday, January 17 the U.S. Department of Justice announced that their investigation into the state of...
