corrections officers

Two corrections officers have agreed to plead guilty to federal charges related to the death of a mentally ill man who died of hypothermia in jail. Tony Mitchell was arrested in 2023. He was kept naked in a concrete cell at the Walker County Jail with no bedding or running water for two weeks.

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.

Federal prosecutors say a former Alabama prisons officer was convicted of civil rights charges for the beating of three prisoners with a baton and writing a false report to cover up the beatings.

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

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — A judge sentenced a former federal corrections officer to 42 months in prison for sexual assault of two prisoners and lying to…

TROY, Ala. (AP) — Authorities say an Alabama corrections officer arrested on drug charges planned to buy methamphetamine and take it inside the prison…

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The Alabama Department of Corrections on Friday will graduate its first class of a new category of corrections officer as the…

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama corrections officer has been arrested on charges of accepting money to help smuggle forbidden items into a state…

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama representatives on Tuesday approved a budget that provides money for 500 additional corrections officers as the state…