No state has a longer, more profit-driven history of contracting prisoners out to private companies than Alabama. Best ...

Years of overcrowding, understaffing, and allegations of inmate abuse have culminated in a series of lawsuits and federal interventions, placing Alabama’s Department of Corrections (ADOC ...

Two men were arrested on drugs and other charges after they were found on Christmas Eve near a state prison with a backpack ...

The Alabama Department of Corrections said two men were arrested Tuesday after they allegedly trespassed on the grounds of the Fountain Correctional Facility in Atmore.

On Christmas Eve, Atmore police, Poarch Creek police and the Alabama Department of Corrections responded to reports of trespassers seen near the Fountain Correctional Facility. They reportedly ...

ADOC said K-9 handlers discovered suspects Derrick Bean and Keith Davis in a wooded area near the facility and a backpack ...

Gov. Kay Ivey offered a heartfelt Christmas message of love and caring. There's one place in the state that needs it most.

An investigation is underway into the death of an Ohio corrections officer. Officer Andrew Lansing was attacked by an inmate ...

The California Department of Justice is investigating a fatal shooting by a corrections officer in Fresno, the state Attorney General's Office announced Thursday. In a press release, Attorney ...

Brazil's Public Labor Prosecutor's Office said workers were put in a degrading environment and had their passports and ...

Convicted murderer Drew Johnson is back in prison on Christmas Day after briefly escaping a Mississippi state prison on ...