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

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

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 advancing a bill that would put oversight on the state’s parole board. The parole board has garnered ...

An man convicted of murdering a woman after breaking into her apartment as she slept was put to death Thursday evening in ...

Alabama prison officials maintain that nitrogen hypoxia is a painless and effective method of execution, despite concerns ...

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

Frazier was the state’s first execution of 2025, and the fourth carried out by nitrogen hypoxia. Frazier was executed for the 1991 rape and murder of Pauline Brown. Prosecutors said Frazier broke into ...

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

MONTGOMERY — 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 billion, ...

Alabama became the first state to conduct nitrogen gas executions ... The execution began at about 6:10 p.m. after a corrections officer did a final check of the mask. Frazier moved his ...