Alabama prison violence

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 June 4, 2024, after being placed in general population instead of a cell for his own protection, his father said. Tim Mathis said he wants answers. He is concerned his 31-year-old son didn't die by accidental overdose but by a “hot shot” — a lethal dose of drugs administered against his will.

The wife of a 72-year-old veteran who was beaten to death by a cellmate in an Alabama jail has filed a civil rights lawsuit against three deputies working at the Macon County jail. The lawsuit filed Wednesday says the officers were made aware of the assault but ignored John Reed's cries and need for medical attention.

Incarcerated men in the Alabama prison system risked their safety to feed shocking footage of their horrifying living conditions to a pair of documentary filmmakers. The result is “The Alabama Solution,” which premiered this week at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah.

The annual Sundance Film Festival begins Thursday in Park City, Utah. There are about 90 features premiering across the 11 days, including one surrounding the Alabama prison system, with screenings starting early in the morning through midnight.

The federal government is rolling back almost all oversight over an Alabama women's prison on Thursday, according to the state's Department of Corrections. Nine years ago, the Department of Justice published a report that found chronic sexual abuse at the facility and initiated a consent decree.

An Alabama inmate who appeared on social media videos with what appeared to be a handgun, while describing the prison as a deadly "war zone," was arrested for what the prison system called a security incident at the lock-up.

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…

In the span of three hours at a southwest Alabama prison, one inmate was fatally stabbed and another was seriously wounded after being stabbed in a…