The Alabama Department of Corrections announced Tuesday its Law Enforcement Services Division (LESD) and its K-9 teams ...

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

Alabama is building a 4,000-bed prison in Elmore County and plans to build another 4,000-bed prison in Escambia County.

Ten former New York corrections employees have been indicted in the death of Robert Brooks, according to an indictment ...

A bill upping the amount the state can borrow to build a second 4,000-bed prison was approved by the Alabama Senate.

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

Brad Keith Sigmon is set to be executed by firing squad on March 7 for the 2001 beating deaths of his ex-girlfriend's parents ...

Despite no support for claims that it is a more humane method of execution, Arkansas is looking at using nitrogen gas to kill inmates.

Kyle Kennard made an immediate impact at the University of South Carolina when he transferred from Georgia Tech, becoming the ...

Arkansas is one among several other states that are looking to replace their way of carrying out capital punishment by using ...