Alabama’s prison commissioner says the state’s new prison in Elmore County will be completed in 2026 at a total cost of $1.25 billion, about twice as much as the original estimate of $623 million.
Alabama is scheduled to proceed with its second nitrogen gas execution after the state reached a settlement agreement with attorneys for death row inmate Alan Miller.
Six families who had loved ones die in the Alabama prison system have filed lawsuits saying their family members’ bodies were returned to them missing internal organs.
The Alabama Department of Corrections, which faces criticism from families of inmates, says it’s working to address ongoing challenges in the state prison system.
Alabama has agreed to forgo an autopsy on a Muslim death row inmate, scheduled to be executed Thursday, who said it would violate his religious beliefs.
The U.S. Department of Justice, which sued Alabama over prison conditions, filed a statement of interest in a lawsuit by prisoners who said they are subjected to unconstitutional levels of violence and excessive force.
Officials say Tyree Lynette Hoyle was a correctional security guard at Kilby Correction Facilty.
The Alabama Department of Corrections says it has arrested a woman on various charges at Staton Prison in Elmore County.
The Alabama Department of Corrections says two women and a juvenile male are charged with trying to bring contraband into Staton Prison in Elmore.
J.F. Ingram State Technical College in Deatsville is getting a grant to provide career technical education for inmates.
