The Alabama Senate has approved a bill to add $500 million to how much the state can borrow for prison construction. The ...

Two men are under arrest after authorities say they tried to smuggle contraband into Alabama prisons. Kevin Harris, of ...

Alabama Senate passes a bill allowing $500 million more for state prison construction, raising borrowing to $1.28 billion.

Approval of the additional funds was expected, since the state has committed itself to the project, which lawmakers approved ...

I guess my question about taking on additional debt is, what are the plans to repay it?” said Sen. Larry Stutts.

Lawmakers presented legislation that would allow the state to borrow an additional $500 million to build two prisons, ...

Roughly 14 months after an Alabama mother was arrested for allegedly trafficking her teen daughter in Pensacola for sex, she took a plea deal for 13 years in prison.

If a woman is pregnant at the time she is sentenced to incarceration, the bill mandates that the court include a term of ...

Alabama lawmakers are seeking to borrow additional money for prison construction to ensure the state can build a second 4,000-bed prison.

Demetrius Frazier, 52, was pronounced dead at 6:36 p.m. at a south Alabama prison for his murder conviction in the 1991 rape and killing of Pauline Brown, 41.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama lawmakers are seeking the ability to borrow an additional $500 million for prison construction after the price of the state’s new mega-prison rose to over $1 ...