If a woman is pregnant at the time she is sentenced to incarceration, the bill mandates that the court include a term of ...

I guess my question about taking on additional debt is, what are the plans to repay it?” said Sen. Larry Stutts.

Lawmakers presented legislation that would allow the state to borrow an additional $500 million to build two prisons, ...

Alabama lawmakers are seeking to borrow additional money for prison construction to ensure the state can build a second 4,000-bed prison.

The Jinx' director Andrew Jarecki exposes shocking conditions in Alabama's prisons in the Sundance premiere documentary 'The ...

An Alabama state prison inmate died Sunday, several weeks after he was hospitalized with significant health issues. Joseph ...

Demetrius Frazier, 52, was pronounced dead at 6:36 p.m. at a south Alabama prison for his murder conviction in the 1991 rape and killing of Pauline Brown, 41.

Alabama bill allows pregnant women to defer incarceration and provide postpartum care for 12 weeks, with probation until that ...

Alabama prison officials maintain that nitrogen hypoxia is a painless and effective method of execution, despite concerns raised by witnesses and anti-death penalty advocates. ATMORE, Ala. — The State ...

Demetrius Frazier, 52, was pronounced dead at 6:36 p.m. CST at a south Alabama prison for his murder conviction in the 1991 rape and killing of 41-year-old Pauline Brown. It was the first execution in ...

This morning, members of Death Penalty Action delivered a petition for Demetrius Fraizer to the Alabama State Capitol.