Advocacy groups such as Alabama Arise and the Alabama Prison Birth Project report that the number of pregnant women in jail or prison has risen dramatically in the state.

Alabama State Rep. Rolanda Hollis introduced HB138 on Feb. 6, which Hollis Hollis argued would help both parents and children ...

Alabama lawmakers are advancing a bill that would put oversight on the state’s parole board. The parole board has garnered ...

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

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

MONTGOMERY — Alabama lawmakers are seeking the ability to borrow an additional $500 million for prison construction after the price of the state’s new mega-prison rose to over $1 billion, ...

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

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

The Alabama House of Representatives voted 86-5 for the bill that would allow prosecutors to pursue the death penalty when an adult is convicted of rape or sodomy of a child under 12. The legislation ...

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

Gov. Jeff Landry announced the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections has implemented protocol to carry out death sentences using nitrogen gas.

Lawmakers introduced the bill after the HBO show ‘Last Week Tonight’ revealed that a CT company was the source of a drug used ...