Last year's meeting Families of inmates describe 'horrific' conditions in Alabama prisons “Because while I was in prison, it ...

Advocates, experts, formerly incarcerated individuals and family members of those behind bars Wednesday described an Alabama ...

The Justice Department filed a lawsuit against Alabama on Wednesday, saying unsafe and unsanitary conditions in the state's men's prisons violate the Constitution. The DOJ says Alabama's prison ...

In a 2019 Advertiser investigation into prison conditions, prison commissioner Jeff Dunn said it would take time to turn the Alabama prison system around, but it was a "new day, a new opportunity ...

The U.S. Department of Justice filed a lawsuit Wednesday against Alabama over conditions in the state prisons, saying the state is failing to protect male inmates from inmate-on-inmate violence ...

The Alabama Department of Corrections says inmates have stopped performing their duties in prisons across the state as part of a protest against living conditions inside the facilities.

The U.S. Department of Justice is suing Alabama over the conditions in its prisons, saying the state is failing to protect male inmates from inmate-on-inmate violence and excessive force at the ...

The U.S. Department of Justice has put the state of Alabama on notice to fix dangerous and deadly prison conditions or face a lawsuit that could result in a federal takeover of the prison system.

In the seven months since the Department of Justice released a scathing report on the Alabama Department of Corrections, prison officials have withheld food from men, micromanaging minor ...

Alabama prison conditions deemed "unconstitutional" after investigation Birmingham, Ala. — Officials in Alabama have until next week to make changes to the state's troubled prison system.

The DOJ says Alabama prisons are in violation of the 8th and 14th Amendments to the U.S. Constitution. Gov. Kay Ivey issued a statement saying she was disappointed in the lawsuit.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The US Department of Justice filed a lawsuit Wednesday against Alabama over conditions in the state prisons, saying the state is failing to protect male inmates from inmate-on ...