A 47-year-old inmate, Darrell Leshunn Williams, was found dead at the William Donaldson Correctional Facility in Bessemer, ...

An inmate serving time in an Alabama prison for a murder conviction is being indicted on two new counts, according to court ...

FLORENCE, Ala. -- The corrections officer and escaped murder suspect who have been missing for days had "a special relationship," the local sheriff confirmed. Inmate Casey White and Lauderdale County ...

A former Alabama Department of Corrections Officer has been sentenced for bribery, announced U.S. Attorney Prim Escalona. U.S. District Judge Liles C. Burke sentenced John Paul Ketteman, 28, of ...

This Thanksgiving, you can help give back to those less fortunate. Tara Davis, with the Friendship Mission, joined WSFA to speak about the Empty Bowl Fundraiser Wendy Jacobsen from Samaritan ...

In October 2021, the Legislature approved a $1.3 billion plan to build two 4,000-bed prisons - in Elmore and Escambia counties. The largest prison in Alabama, in Limestone County, has about 2,000 beds ...

In 2024 alone, 277 people died in Alabama prisons” Dakarai Larriett, US Senate candidate in Alabama, says. “Building ...