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MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — After 15 inmate suicides in 15 months, a federal judge ruled Saturday that Alabama is putting prisoners in danger by failing to…
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Alabama’s prison system has been in the news a lot this year, and not for good reasons. Violence, inmate riots, allegations of mismanagement and…
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MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama representatives on Tuesday approved a budget that provides money for 500 additional corrections officers as the state…
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MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The Southern Poverty Law Center has named a new interim leader who says the watchdog organization is looking "to build a more…
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Some Alabamians have the right to vote once again. Many of them just don’t know it. Alabama’s state law left it to the counties to decide which felonies…
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MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The Alabama Department of Corrections said Thursday that it is investigating the apparent suicide of one inmate and the stabbing…
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A new federal lawsuit is challenging Alabama's practice of suspending the driver's licenses of people who are unable to pay their traffic tickets.The…
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Those in Montgomery today can hear the personal accounts of people who have dedicated their lives to social justice.The event Storytellers: How I Became…
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With less than three weeks until primary elections in Alabama, civil asset forfeiture is back in the headlines.Earlier this month, incumbent Attorney…
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The Alabama Senate has approved a state general fund budget that gives additional money to the state prison system.That’s part of an effort to comply with…