Alabama Department of Corrections Commissioner John Hamm has announced his retirement, while Gov. Kay Ivey has announced his replacement.
Two people are under arrest after a contraband investigation at Staton Prison in the Elmore County community of Elmore.
Six people are under arrest in Macon County after an investigation into prison contraband and narcotics distribution.
Two inmates have been killed at Elmore Correctional Facility in the town of Elmore in an assault involving a weapon.
A man has been arrested on a contraband charge involving the Tutwiler women’s prison in Wetumpka.
Convicted killer Anthony Boyd has been executed by the State of Alabama for a 1993 capital murder case.
An Alabama death row inmate set to die this week has asked Gov. Kay Ivey to meet with him “before an innocent man is executed.”
A woman has been arrested in Montgomery on charges that she provided drugs to an inmate at the Kilby Correctional Facility.
A former Staton Prison correctional officer has been arrested on contraband charges.
A contract security guard at Bullock Correctional Facility has ben arrested on charges of promoting prison contraband.
