Alabama Department of Corrections

Officials with the Alabama Department of Corrections say two of the state’s prisons are on lockdown after inmates began refusing to complete assigned…

Corrections officials are reporting more violence in Alabama’s prisons.Department of Corrections spokesman Bob Horton says two inmates were stabbed at…

The violence continues at a prison in south Alabama. APR’s Pat Duggins has more on the latest incident, and how it appears to be following a pattern.The…

The federal government is charging a major Hyundai automotive supplier in Selma for threatening to fire employees and close the plant to keep workers from…

Alabama’s embattled Department of Corrections is now being criticized for housing youth inmates in adult facilities.41 youth offenders are currently…

A probate judge in Alabama is asking the state's Supreme Court for a way out of issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples.Elmore County Probate Judge…

A Selma-based auto supplier is continuing its lawsuit against a former employee they fired, after a Montgomery County judge ruled whistleblower…

Birmingham's City Council president is defending the group’s recent decision to raise their salary from $15,000 to $55,000.Some council members have said…

An inmate at Staton Correctional Facility has tested positive for tuberculosis.Prison medical staff say the inmate has been quarantined and is being…

Alabama’s state prisons were built to hold 13,000 inmates. They currently house over 25,000.That makes Alabama prisons among the most crowded in the…