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.
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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.
Judge hears arguments on whether to stop Alabama’s first execution by nitrogen
A federal judge heard arguments about the humaneness and risks of execution by nitrogen gas as he weighs whether to let Alabama attempt the nation’s first use of the method.
Former Alabama correctional officer sentenced for inmate assault
A former Alabama correctional officer has been sentenced to more than seven years in prison for using excessive force on an inmate and lying on a report in an attempt to cover it up, federal prosecutors said.
Lawsuit: Alabama’s plan for nation’s first execution by nitrogen “hostile to religion”
Rev. Jeff Hood says restrictions would interfere with his ability to minister to Kenneth Smith before he is put to death by nitrogen gas.
ADOC: Inmate at Elmore Correctional Facility dies after assault by fellow prisoner
An inmate at Elmore Correctional Facility has died following an assault believed to have been committed by another prisoner, the state corrections department has confirmed.
