prison construction bill

The deadline is looming for Alabama’s correctional officials to tell a federal judge how they plan to overhaul mental health care in state prisons.U.S.…

Alabama State Senator Cam Ward says his prison construction bill is dead for this year’s legislative session.Ward made the pronouncement yesterday. He…

The lawmaker sponsoring Gov. Robert Bentley's $800 million prison construction plan says the bill will most likely be scaled down before heading to a…

The state Senate Judiciary Committee will consider a plan to build four new, massive prisons in Alabama this afternoon.The bill would authorize Alabama’s…

Yet another inmate has been killed at a state prison near Montgomery.An Alabama Department of Corrections statement says 36-year-old DeMarko Quinta…

Prison officials in Alabama are investing the beating death of an inmate who was attacked by other prisoners late last week — the second deadly attack on…

Alabama Governor Robert Bentley's prison construction bill failed to pass on the final night of the legislative session yesterday.Lawmakers ended the…