In a brief but emotional hearing at the Statehouse Wednesday, advocates for prison reform in Alabama applauded a legislative ...

Alabama is headed into an unusual week where Hollywood buzz, unlikely political alliances, and a searing prison documentary are converging to force new scrutiny of the state’s correctional system. On ...

Community members, activists and local leaders gathered at Birmingham’s historic Carver Theatre on Tuesday night, March 10, ...

The buzz is already underway ahead of this year’s Academy Awards. One nominee for Best Documentary Feature Film may be ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An inmate in the custody of the Department of Corrections. Lawmakers expressed concerns Wednesday over the process for how people ...

An Alabama House committee on Wednesday approved legislation to require the state’s public health department to inspect both jails and prisons to ensure they meet standards for sanitary conditions.

The Oscar-nominated documentary exposes the conditions inside Alabama's prison system.

“The Alabama Solution” reveals stark, rarely seen realities inside Alabama prisons and questions whether the system should ...

MACON COUNTY, Ala. (WSFA) - The Alabama Department of Corrections and the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency, alongside several partner agencies, took down two separate operations related to prison ...