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The U.S. Justice Department is suing the Mobile County Sheriff's Office over claims that it ignored complaints from female jailers who said they are being…
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The state of Alabama is asking for a lawsuit from the U.S. Justice Department about prison conditions to be dismissed. The suit, filed in December, claims…
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — An assistant U.S. attorney will oversee the Justice Department’s handling of fraud and voting rights complaints in north Alabama…
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — A U.S. Justice Department employee has been appointed as interim U.S. attorney for Alabama’s Northern District, which covers…
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MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — One prison inmate was stabbed to death by another over the weekend, state officials said Monday in Alabama, where high rates of…
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An Alabama sheriff who leaves office next month has agreed to plead guilty to a federal misdemeanor tax charge.Multiple news outlets have reported Morgan…
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Attorney General Loretta Lynch, in her final speech as head of the Justice Department, said worries of difficult days ahead should be a call for action,…
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Jefferson County and the U.S. Attorney’s Offices for North and Central Alabama have come to a settlement on voting access for the disabled.An…
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Yet another correctional officer has been assaulted at a troubled state prison in south Alabama.The Alabama Department of Corrections says a lieutenant at…
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A legislative committee will hold a public hearing later today on a lottery bill that narrowly passed the state Senate last week.The House of…