Alabama jails

A former corrections officer at the Walker County jail has agreed to plead guilty to a criminal charge in the death of a mentally ill man who died of hypothermia after being held naked in a concrete cell for two weeks.

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Right now in Alabama, people accused with some of the most serious crimes in the state are allowed out on bail. One state senator is working to keep…

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama sheriff's office says four county jail inmates were hospitalized over the weekend after overdosing on a “synthetic…

BUTLER, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama jail has been shut down because of unsafe conditions.Choctaw County Sheriff Scott Lolley tells WTOK-TV that all 23…