If a woman is pregnant at the time she is sentenced to incarceration, the bill mandates that the court include a term of ...

I guess my question about taking on additional debt is, what are the plans to repay it?” said Sen. Larry Stutts.

Alabama lawmakers are seeking to borrow additional money for prison construction to ensure the state can build a second 4,000-bed prison.

Lawmakers presented legislation that would allow the state to borrow an additional $500 million to build two prisons, ...

Alabama State Rep. Rolanda Hollis introduced HB138 on Feb. 6, which Hollis Hollis argued would help both parents and children ...

Advocacy groups such as Alabama Arise and the Alabama Prison Birth Project report that the number of pregnant women in jail or prison has risen dramatically in the state.

Alabama bill allows pregnant women to defer incarceration and provide postpartum care for 12 weeks, with probation until that ...

Local, city, and county corrections officers are participating in a crucial jail management class designed to equip them with ...

Alabama prison officials maintain that nitrogen hypoxia is a painless and effective method of execution, despite concerns raised by witnesses and anti-death penalty advocates. ATMORE, Ala. — The State ...

R. Kelly’s racketeering and sex trafficking convictions, along with a 30-year prison sentence, were upheld Wednesday by a ...

Gov. Jeff Landry announced the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections has implemented protocol to carry out death sentences using nitrogen gas.