W.C. Holman Correctional Facility

An Alabama prison official testified in federal court yesterday that a now-dead prisoner was placed on mental health observation, rather than suicide…

Alabama death row inmate Ronald Bert Smith was executed last night for the 1994 killing of a Huntsville man.But the way he died may lend additional…

Yet another correctional officer has been assaulted at a troubled state prison in south Alabama.The Alabama Department of Corrections says a lieutenant at…

Thomas Blanton was sentenced to four consecutive life sentences for the 1963 16th Street church bombing that killed four girls and injured another. He is…

A lockdown has been lifted at one Alabama prison where inmates had been refusing to work. At another facility, the strike is still on.Alabama Department…

Officials with the Alabama Department of Corrections say two of the state’s prisons are on lockdown after inmates began refusing to complete assigned…

Former Alabama law enforcement secretary Spencer Collier is suing Governor Robert Bentley for wrongful termination and defamation.Collier was fired for…

The violence continues at a prison in south Alabama. APR’s Pat Duggins has more on the latest incident, and how it appears to be following a pattern.The…