Alabama to resume prison visitations with restrictions
Alabama is the last state to resume prison visitations, according to The Marshall Project and statements from Mississippi and Virginia.
Alabama Department of Corrections
DOJ provides court with specific details of abuse, unconstitutional conditions in Alabama prisons
The amended complaint was necessary after a federal judge told the DOJ that its allegations weren't specific enough.
Former House speaker sent messages, made calls on state-supplied device
The electronic tablet Mike Hubbard used to try to shorten his sentence was given to prisoners by a company under contract with the state.
Former Alabama correctional officer gets more than seven years in prison on drug charges
Gary Charles Dixon, Jr. pleaded guilty to attempting to smuggle methamphetamine into the William E. Donaldson Correctional Facility.
After blanket testing, 75 incarcerated men at Staton prison test positive for COVID
Alabama prisons in June had the fifth highest number of COVID deaths per capita in the nation.
Judge dismisses assault charge against Alabama correctional officer
The correctional officer has been sued multiple times by incarcerated men alleging he assaulted them, with one case settling before trial.
Man serving at Donaldson prison dies
Jonathan Click, 33, was found unresponsive by prison staff. He's the latest in at least four recent deaths of incarcerated people in Alabama.
Alabama man serving at Donaldson prison dies
Brian Sullivan was being treated for an advanced, terminal illness, the Alabama Department of Corrections confirmed.
Man serving at Staton prison died Aug. 2
Kelvin Colvin, 25, died Aug. 2 after being found unresponsive in his cell, the Alabama Department of Corrections said.
Man incarcerated at Staton prison dies after being found unresponsive
David Hicks's death follows numerous others in what is becoming one of the deadliest years in the state's history for the incarcerated.