prisons

Alabama Corrections Commissioner Jeff Dunn says his department needs additional funding to hire 500 more corrections officers.Dunn discussed the request…

State senators approved a general fund budget last night after a long and at times contentious debate.The budget passed the Senate 23 to 4. The House of…

The state prison commissioner says outbreaks of violence, including the stabbing death of a corrections officer last month, illustrate the need for new…

Alabama’s prison system has been in the news a lot this year, and not for good reasons. Inmate riots, as well as allegations of mismanagement and…

Alabama has agreed to make changes at state prisons to accommodate inmates with disabilities.A federal judge gave a preliminary approval to a lawsuit…

Lawmakers have left Montgomery after the Legislative Session ended Thursday morning. The House and Senate could not agree on a wide range of issues like…

Disease and suicide are claiming inmates on Alabama's death row faster than the executioner.With Alabama's capital punishment mechanism on hold for more…

State prison officials say visitors to Alabama prisons will have their fingerprints scanned for security reasons.The the policy begins this weekend.Prison…