Alabama state prisons are places of violence and impunity – not because of the conduct of inmates, but allegedly of guards.

A 68-year-old state prison inmate died Sunday at William Donaldson Correctional Facility. The Jefferson County Coroner’s ...

Most Alabama politicians call themselves fiscal conservatives. But in Alabama, fiscal conservatism is usually performative and never consistent. We often hear boasts that Alabama balances its budgets.

The settlement of a lawsuit by the Alabama Department of Corrections highlights systemic medical neglect in prisons after an ...