The law’s expanded definitions of “reside” and “overnight visit” have drawn scrutiny for turning everyday activities into ...

Lawmakers announced a proposed bill Thursday that would allow the death penalty to be given to criminals who commit rape or sodomy of children under the age of twelve. This comes as an investigation ...

Days after seven people were arrested in connection with an alleged child sex trafficking operation about 50 miles southwest of Birmingham, Alabama lawmakers say they’re renewing efforts to pass the ...

Shocking reports of sex crimes against children in Bibb County have sparked a renewed push to change Alabama law to impose the death penalty on people convicted of such crimes. Bibb County Sheriff ...

The death of Anthony “Tony” Mitchell, who died of hypothermia and neglect after two weeks inside what federal prosecutors ...

Inmates and their families are raising alarms about the dire conditions at Tutwiler Prison for Women, describing it as a ...

Alabama’s next execution is temporarily on pause in order to assess if the inmate in question is mentally competent enough to ...

Alabama may soon let prisoners have a say at their parole hearings, but their original crime will carry more weight under new guidelines. The three-member Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles ...

BLOUNT COUNTY, Ala. — A proposed medical waste facility in the unincorporated community of Remlap, near the Jefferson County border, would be the first of its kind in Alabama.

Leonard Finch, the lovable former curate brilliantly inhabited by Al Weaver, has been through the wringer over Grantchester’s 10 seasons. He was rejected by his father for being gay, dismissed ...

State corrections officials say they found Fastnacht trying to get the drugs and other items into Ventress Correctional in Clayton.

A contract healthcare worker for the Alabama Department of Corrections was arrested Friday a drug checkpoint at a north Alabama prison. Monica Tara Bishop, 44, was taken into custody after a brief ...