Alabama Governor Kay Ivey has awarded nearly $600,000 to the Alabama Department of Corrections to help prisoners overcome drug addictions, which likely contributed to inmates incarceration.

The incident began when the Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) K-9 team at Fountain Correctional Facility received a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An inmate in the custody of the Department of Corrections. Lawmakers expressed concerns Wednesday over the process for how people ...

Three Alabama prison inmates featured in an Oscar-nominated documentary have filed a federal lawsuit alleging their abrupt ...

Alabama Department of Corrections Commissioner John Hamm said Thursday the state is making progress toward fixing a long-time severe shortage of security staff. Hamm said the ADOC had 473 graduates ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A large group of people in a room Spectators gather before a meeting of the Alabama Legislature's Joint Prison Oversight Committee ...

When the Alabama Legislature approved the construction of two new men’s prisons in 2021, it also committed to shuttering existing ones. HB 4, sponsored by Rep. Steve Clouse, R-Ozark, outlined ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WALA) - The Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) says in a press release four people have been arrested on contraband charges near Fountain Correctional Facility, which is in ...