A former state prison officer has pleaded guilty on a federal bribery charge.

The U.S. Department of Justice said a former Alabama Department of Corrections officer pleaded guilty to bribery.

About 150 to 200 people who have been in prison at least 25 years would be eligible to apply for a shorter sentence.

Ossoff Press U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff is introducing a bipartisan bill to help safeguard human rights in Georgia’s prisons. Today, Sens. Ossoff and John Kennedy (R-LA) introduced the bipartisan Family ...

The findings are particularly concerning, with Alabama’s prison mortality rate reported to be four times higher than the most ...

April 9, 2025: In January Tripoli prison warden Osama Al-Masri Njeem was arrested and jailed while visiting Italy to watch Juventus play football. Two days later Al-Masri was released and flown back ...

Starvation was likely the leading cause of death for a Palestinian teenager who died in an Israeli prison, according to an Israeli doctor who observed the autopsy. Seventeen-year-old Walid Ahmad, who ...

A new law increasing the bond authorization responds to federal pressures and increased anticipated prison construction costs ...

A Sylacauga man sentenced to 20 years in prison for manslaughter in 2022 was denied parole last week, according to the ...

A former corrections officer trainee was arrested Friday and is accused of attempting to smuggle contraband into an Alabama ...