The consolidated lawsuits filed by eight families alleges that the Alabama Department of Corrections illegally allowed the ...

A firing squad on Friday executed a South Carolina man who killed an off-duty police officer, the second time the rare execution method has been used by the state in the past five weeks.

Terrence Cortez Whatley was taken into custody when investigators say he was found outside Ventress Correctional Facility in ...

Former corrections officer John Ketteman has pleaded guilty to receipt of a bribe by an agent or organization receiving federal funds.

The U.S. Department of Justice said a former Alabama Department of Corrections officer pleaded guilty to bribery. ...

A former corrections officer trainee was arrested Friday, April 4th, after he attempted to smuggle drugs into Fountain ...

With the support of the Alabama Legislature Joint Prison Oversight Committee and the Act 2024-307, the Alabama Department of Corrections are eager to announce the hiring of several key staff members.

This graduating class is the largest group on record, and the governor was proud to commend Commissioner John Hamm and his ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. ( WSFA) - A big priority for the state lawmakers is improving Alabama’s prison system, and a big part of ...

I’ve been sick damn near two weeks. I’ve got a bad cold. I probably have pneumonia, man,” says “Jordan” when I interview him ...