The U.S. Justice Department says there are unconstitutional conditions in Alabama's prison system. The government alleges guards use excessive force on men incarcerated in the state's prisons.

Some Alabama lawmakers say they still have questions about Gov. Kay Ivey’s possible selection of private companies to build three state prisons, a process that so far has largely excluded the...

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In a grim report on the Alabama prison system, the Justice Department detailed violence that was “common, cruel,” and “of an unusual nature.”

Four men inside diagnose a hellscape the Department of Justice called cruel and unusual.

The Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division and the U.S. Attorney’s Offices for the Northern, Middle, and Southern Districts of Alabama today concluded that there is reasonable cause to believe

The U.S. Department of Justice released a report yesterday on instances of violence involving correctional officers against prisoners in the Alabama prison system.

Results of parole hearings from the current year conducted by the Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles. The list includes restrictions for public convience

Judge Charlie Graddick has resigned as the director of the Alabama Bureau of Pardons and Paroles.

CoreCivic used to be called the Corrections Corporation of America, but in 2016, after more than a decade of scandals and a steep drop in their stock price, they changed their name and structure to...

A Florida-based group that is among four teams of developers that will submit proposals for a massive project to build and maintain three new Alabama prisons gave $67,500 to Gov. Kay Ivey, Lt. Gov....