Alabama Department of Corrections

Governor Kay Ivey says an internal review of the state's execution procedures is complete and the state will begin scheduling lethal injections. She initiated the review in November after three lethal injections were aborted because of problems with intravenous lines.

A lawsuit alleges a mentally ill man froze to death at an Alabama jail, arriving at a hospital emergency room with a body temperature of 72 degrees. That's according to a suit filed in federal court by the man's family. A separate suit alleges another inmate “baked to death.”

A local nonprofit is raising concerns as the Alabama Department of Corrections releases several hundred inmates from state prisons. The early release program requires ADOC to notify victims as prisoners are let out.

A group of Alabama inmates have been released under a law that releases inmates to the supervision of the Alabama Bureau of Pardons somewhere between three and 12 months before their sentences end.

The State of Alabama is apparently responding to a series of failed lethal injections by changing the rules by which the Department of Corrections executes death row inmates.

Alabama is almost done building a system that will carry out death sentences with nitrogen gas. The Alabama Department of Corrections said the next step…

Alabama prisons are still not up to federal standards according to the latest statement from the U.S. Department of Justice. On Wednesday the department…

Alabama inmates will be given access to the COVID-19 vaccine after prison officers and staff have already been vaccinated. The Alabama Department of…

Alabama prison staffers have been charged with beating an inmate and then making false statements about it. The U.S. Department of Justice announced the…

The Alabama House of Representatives passed a bill that would give that would give them more oversight over large expenditures. The 98-0 vote on Tuesday…