Alabama prisons

Alabama legislative leaders will proceed with plans to build two super-size prisons. This comes after the Alabama Corrections Institution Finance Authority increased the spending cap for the 4,000-bed prison now under construction in Elmore County, from $623 million to $975 million.

The Alabama prison system is raising pay for correctional officers beginning Thursday, March 16, in an effort to address an ongoing staffing shortage.

A lawsuit alleges a mentally ill man froze to death at an Alabama jail, arriving at a hospital emergency room with a body temperature of 72 degrees. That's according to a suit filed in federal court by the man's family. A separate suit alleges another inmate “baked to death.”

An Alabama corrections officer was convicted Tuesday morning on felony charges for promoting prison contraband and using his position for personal gain.…

Alabama is asking a federal cour to dismiss part of the lawsuit against the conditions of the state's prisons. Attorneys claim the state cannot properly…

Gov. Kay Ivey's plan to lease Alabama prisons has been set back after running into financial troubles. Ivey announced that she is looking for more options…

A new program would allow some inmates to receive up to a year off of their prison sentences by completing vocational or other training. The Alabama…

Alabama prisons are still not up to federal standards according to the latest statement from the U.S. Department of Justice. On Wednesday the department…

Three men have died after inmate-on-inmate assaults that took place earlier this month. Ian Rettig, 23, was one of the victims and was one day from being…

A group has filed a lawsuit to block Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey's plan to lease private prisons. The suit was filed on Tuesday and alleges the plan does not…