ACTION 8 UPDATE: Alabama prison commissioner responds to complaints
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.
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Alabama agrees to forgo autopsy of Muslim inmate scheduled to be executed Thursday
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.
U.S. Justice Department files statement of interest in Alabama prison lawsuit
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.
ADOC correctional security guard arrested for receiving payment from inmate
Officials say Tyree Lynette Hoyle was a correctional security guard at Kilby Correction Facilty.
Woman faces contraband, drug charges at Staton Prison
The Alabama Department of Corrections says it has arrested a woman on various charges at Staton Prison in Elmore County.
Three arrested at Staton Prison on contraband charges
The Alabama Department of Corrections says two women and a juvenile male are charged with trying to bring contraband into Staton Prison in Elmore.
Ingram State Technical College gets grant to educate inmates
J.F. Ingram State Technical College in Deatsville is getting a grant to provide career technical education for inmates.
Lawsuit: First nitrogen execution was a “botched” human experiment
An Alabama death row inmate has filed a lawsuit that challenges the constitutionality of nitrogen gas executions, arguing that the first person in the nation put to death by that method shook violently for several minutes in “a human experiment that officials botched miserably.”
Two Elmore correctional officers arrested
Two correctional officers at the Elmore Correctional Facility have been arrested.
ACTION 8 UPDATE: Execution date set for Kenneth Smith
Gov. Kay Ivey has set an execution date for death row inmate Kenneth Eugene Smith.
