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

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, ...

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.

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

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

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 ...

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

Californians rejected the anti-slavery ballot measure Proposition 6, which would have forbid forced prison labor. Reparations ...