A corrections facility that costs $300 million than expected, and then $300 million more? Eh, not worth our attention.

Former WBRC anchor Beth Shelburne worked as a producer on a new HBO documentary examining the serious problems within Alabama ...

Casey White, the inmate who escaped from an Alabama jail with corrections officer Vicky White, has been indicted for felony murder in connection to her death, according to Lauderdale County Circuit ...

Derrick Dearman appeared to be high on drugs in his Alabama prison in the days leading up to his execution. The convicted killer raged in phone calls and emails, anguishing over how his willingness to ...

Earlier this year, Reuters reported that U.S. officials gave the Russians a list of nine Americans they wanted returned.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Chase Mathis told prison guards he was being threatened by other inmates and feared for his life. But within hours of being moved to an adjacent prison, he was dead. Mathis died ...

A former state prison system guard has been charged with promoting contraband on the job. On June 15, a correctional officer was discovered passing contraband food items to an inmate at St. Clair ...

In December, 33-year old Ryan Rust was found dead in his solitary cell at Alabama's Holman prison, a belt around his neck with one end tied to a bar in the cell window. "He's my little brother," says ...