In a state with a long history of arresting pregnant women, one mom in custody says she was left to fend for herself.

Early Friday morning, jail staff notified the sheriff’s office that 33-year-old Dextarius Tierre Earies had died while he was ...

Morgan County Sheriff Ron Puckett’s May 19 Republican primary battle against former Sheriff Ana Franklin is one of the ...

A Jefferson County Jail inmate died Wednesday shortly after being transferred to UAB Hospital. The Jefferson County Coroner’s ...

A Honduran man has admitted he was among the more than a dozen inmates who assaulted three other inmates from African ...

James Stinson passed away from a heart attack while cutting his grass. Stinson became involved in the search for escaped ...

An inmate at the Al Cannon Detention Center denied that he had been stabbed last week, according to an incident report ...

Thursday’s execution was blocked by the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals “pending further order” from the court.

A second Alabama jail inmate struggling with mental illness was found near death, with hypothermia, after being left for hours on a concrete cell floor, a lawsuit alleges. The case centers around ...

Edward Busby's execution had been on hold for nearly a week but a decision by the Supreme Court on Thursday allowed it to move forward.