Alabama can’t execute a prisoner using its current nitrogen execution process, said the man’s lawyers, but that doesn’t mean the state couldn’t change that process. Jeffery Lee was supposed to die by ...

The Alabama Community College System Wednesday approved a $23.3 million budget for prison education. The money, allocated by ...

A federal appeals court says an Alabama inmate’s lawsuit over violence at St. Clair Correctional Facility should not have ...

The state could be allowed to hire fewer qualified corrections officers to address mental health needs in Alabama prisons ...

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The court acknowledged the ADOC's suicide rate was “more than double the national average among state and federal ...

Alabama is seeking to execute a man with lethal injection hours after his nitrogen execution was prevented from going forward.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Chase Mathis told prison guards he was being threatened by other inmates and feared for his life. But within hours of being moved to an adjacent prison, he was dead. Mathis died ...

Aug. 19 (UPI) --Alabama is moving forward with the execution of Anthony Boyd using nitrogenous gas, a new method that's been criticized as inhumane. Gov. Kay Ivey announced in a statement sent to ...

A camera crew visited an Alabama prison in 2019 to film an event. There was live music, barbecued food, and prayer. By all accounts, it seemed like a joyful day. But one inmate shared a message to the ...

Derrick Dearman appeared to be high on drugs in his Alabama prison in the days leading up to his execution. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive ...

As lethal injection drugs have become harder to come by, there have been far fewer executions across the country according to the Death Penalty Information Center. Stephen Bright, the former president ...