When Hollywood’s stars walk the red carpet for the 98 th Academy Awards tonight, one nominee will not be a love story or epic drama but the tragedy repeated daily inside Alabama’s overcrowded prisons.

The legislation, which passed a House committee Wednesday, would require Class III cities to maintain a certain ratio of ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama Gov. Kay ...

The company that provides health care for Alabama prisoners has lost a billion-dollar contract with the state, just days after failing to pay their employees on time. YesCare, which spun off from the ...

“The Alabama Solution,” a critically acclaimed documentary about Alabama’s prison system, earned an Academy Award nomination Thursday. The film, co-directed by Andrew Jarecki and Charlotte Kaufman, ...

Alabama has agreed to make changes at state prisons to accommodate inmates with disabilities. A federal judge in June gave preliminary approval to a lawsuit settlement agreement between inmates and ...

A new prison oversight pilot program is launching at possibly four state prisons replacing legislation that sparked emotional debate on Wednesday and arriving just days before the documentary “The ...

Episcopal Bishop of Washington Mariann Budde talks about finding moments of courage in a world full of fear. Space Shuttle Commander Eileen Collins discusses her amazing career, which is the subject ...

Most Alabama politicians call themselves fiscal conservatives. But in Alabama, fiscal conservatism is usually performative and never consistent. We often hear boasts that Alabama balances its budgets.