The walls around Equatorial Guinea's notorious Bata prison were freshly painted salmon-pink for Pope Leo XIV's visit Wednesday, but inside there was no masking the acrid smell of sweat and urine.
Dallas County’s juvenile detention and treatment programs are seeing dramatic shifts in the youth they serve, but staff say the mission remain…
A Montgomery man may receive a sentence of life in prison after being found guilty for attempted murder and illegal possession of a firearm du…
The Alabama House of Representatives passed two bills Thursday addressing definitions of and punishments for terrorist threats.
Dallas County Commission Chairman Jimmy Nunn outlined progress and ongoing challenges facing the county during a State of the County address o…
The Dallas County Commission says $12 million has been spent on major renovations to the Dallas County Jail and buildings on its campus to rep…
The Perry County Commission this week approved spending more than $86,000 in additional funds to make repairs to the jail caused by an inmate …
Three years after a tornado severely damaged the Dallas County Jail, the jail remains gutted, empty and far from reopening, despite more than …
Mark Miller worked a dangerous job for more than four decades, but he said he’d never gotten hurt at work until his employment with an automot…
An HBO Original documentary on Alabama prisons was screened in Selma on Oct. 12.