An inmate in an Alabama county jail is accused of sending sexually explicit messages to a 13-year-old while he was locked up.

Several people incarcerated won lawsuits because they could not get adequate medical and mental health treatment.

Family members and attorneys say the Alabama prison system has moved three well-known inmate activists to isolated cells.

A state prison volunteer chaplain and an Alabama Department of Corrections employee were arrested this week in separate contraband incidents. Andrew Turner, a former inmate, was arrested Wednesday at ...

Two Alabama prison inmates were killed Thursday during a fight inside Elmore Correctional Facility. The Alabama Department of Corrections on Friday confirmed the killings and identified the slain ...

Alabama is asking a federal appellate court to stop the new trial for a man who has spent more than 30 years on death row for ...

Alabama lawmakers want to know why some of the state's inmate education programs have lengthy wait times and are difficult for some inmates to access.

An investigation is underway after a fight inside an Alabama prison left two inmates dead, the Alabama Department of ...

The inmate who escaped from a Florence, Alabama, jail with a corrections officer last Friday was awaiting trial on capital murder charges. But those charges were just the latest in a litany of other ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Family members and supporters of an Alabama inmate scheduled to be executed this month pleaded Wednesday for the state to spare his life as he maintained he did not commit the ...