Alabama Tutwiler Prison

The federal government is rolling back almost all oversight over an Alabama women's prison on Thursday, according to the state's Department of Corrections. Nine years ago, the Department of Justice published a report that found chronic sexual abuse at the facility and initiated a consent decree.

Alabama may be at risk of losing some of its federal prison funding if it doesn't respond to questions from the U.S. Department of Justice about sexual…

Credit AP Photo/Jamie MartinAn inmate at Tutwiler Prison for Women has testified about life in prison under the Alabama prison system's policy of keeping…

Allegations of inmate abuse at Alabama's female prison and an inmate being beaten to death at a male prison have pointed to a lack of security cameras in…

An attorney for inmates says a federal report detailing problems at Alabama's prison for women is revealing. Bryan Stevenson of the Montgomery-based Equal…

A Justice Department report is criticizing the way female inmates are treated at Alabama's lone prison for women.A study by the National Institute of…

(Information in the following story is from: Montgomery Advertiser, http://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com) Alabama's prison system has changed a policy that…