Alabama Corrections Commissioner Jeff Dunn

Lawmakers are raising concerns after hearing about Gov. Kay Ivey's plan to lease three new mega-prisons. Republican Rep. Rich Wingo of Tuscaloosa said he…

Alabama's prison system on Thursday asked lawmakers for a $42 million funding increase as the state tries to comply with a federal court order to add…

Alabama’s prison system has been in the news a lot this year, and not for good reasons. Violence, inmate riots, allegations of mismanagement and…

The lawmaker sponsoring Gov. Robert Bentley's $800 million prison construction plan says the bill will most likely be scaled down before heading to a…

Alabama Corrections Commissioner Jeff Dunn told lawmakers the "risk" in Alabama's crowding prisons is growing each day.Dunn addressed the legislative…

The Alabama Department of Corrections has agreed to put new suicide prevention measures in place after an inmate killed himself days after testifying on…

Alabama death row inmate Ronald Bert Smith was executed last night for the 1994 killing of a Huntsville man.But the way he died may lend additional…

Today is the last day of the 2016 legislative session, and the last chance for lawmakers to decide the fate of Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley's $800 million…

The state of Alabama executed Christopher Brooks last night for the 1992 rape and murder of Deann Campbell.The execution was the state’s first in more…

The federal government is charging a major Hyundai automotive supplier in Selma for threatening to fire employees and close the plant to keep workers from…