The U.S. Department of Justice released a report yesterday on instances of violence involving correctional officers against prisoners in the Alabama prison system.

The Alabama Department of Corrections, for the second time this year, has picked a Tennessee-based company to provide healthcare services at its 27 facilities.

A 261-page report prepared for the Alabama Department of Corrections recommends a higher salary and new classification to solve the problem of understaffed prisons.

Two of the three were inmates at the Limestone Correctional Facility in Harvest. The third was serving a sentence at the Bibb Correctional Facility in Brent, Alabama.

Three law enforcement agencies told Alabama legislators Monday they were seeking a total of over $1 billion in funding.

The Alabama Department of Corrections on Friday defended the creation of a new class of correctional officers, arguing in a court filing it had provided major help addressing a staffing crisis in ...

Death penalty reform advocates have expressed doubt and concern over the Alabama Department of Corrections' review of its own process.

The Alabama Department of Corrections' commissioner says this is one of the biggest graduating classes he has seen since joining the department.

Another disturbing headline for Alabama's troubled Department of Corrections. An employee, hired to guard those behind bars, finds herself under lock and key. According to ADOC, 22-year-old Alesia ...

The Alabama Department of Corrections claims its new class of recruits will help improve safety. However, questions remain about the conditions of the state's prisons.

The Alabama Department of Corrections' commissioner says this is one of the biggest graduating classes he has seen since joining the department.