A security guard who works at an Alabama prison is facing multiple charges after an Alabama Department of Corrections K-9 officer discovered an attempt to bring contraband inside the facility, ...

An east Alabama prison security guard is in jail after allegedly being caught with contraband during a routine screening.

Ezelle told the judge that the cases should be dismissed on several legal grounds, including that Alabama law gives the ...

The three new charges announced against McDaniel Tuesday are all capital murder charges and bring his total number of known ...

Troy man Jeremy Swanson was denied parole on Feb. 19 for a series of burglary convictions in Pike County.  Swanson was ...

Ten former New York corrections employees have been indicted in the death of Robert Brooks, according to an indictment ...

A bill upping the amount the state can borrow to build a second 4,000-bed prison was approved by the Alabama Senate.

Alabama Senate passes a bill allowing $500 million more for state prison construction, raising borrowing to $1.28 billion.

Alabama is building a 4,000-bed prison in Elmore County and plans to build another 4,000-bed prison in Escambia County.

Two men are under arrest after authorities say they tried to smuggle contraband into Alabama prisons. Kevin Harris, of ...

The Alabama Department of Corrections announced Tuesday its Law Enforcement Services Division (LESD) and its K-9 teams ...

Despite no support for claims that it is a more humane method of execution, Arkansas is looking at using nitrogen gas to kill inmates.