Alabama prison overcrowding

The Alabama Prison Reform Task Force is currently considering a slate of recommendations from the Council of State Governments to address Alabama's poorly…

The phrases "Internal Revenue Service" and "free of charge" may not seem to go together. But the people who collect your income taxes every year are…

Researchers say despite prison overcrowding concerns, fewer Alabama inmates are being paroled and prisoners are spending more time behind bars before…

A group studying overcrowding in Alabama's prisons has found that arrests are declining and sentences are getting shorter. But Alabama's prisons remain at…

Gov. Robert Bentley has announced an attempt to overhaul the state's severely overcrowded prison system.Bentley said Tuesday the state's prisons are…

A prison guard running against Gov. Robert Bentley says Alabama's prison system is at risk of a federal takeover because of severe overcrowding.At a news…

In response to concerns about jail overcrowding, state officials are considering a proposal to move some female inmates into a shuttered facility in…