Wife of 72-Year-Old Veteran Beaten to Death by a Cellmate in Alabama Jail Sues Corrections Officers
The wife of a 72-year-old veteran who was beaten to death by a cellmate in an Alabama jail has filed a civil rights lawsuit against three deputies working at the Macon County jail
‘The Alabama Solution’ Review: ‘Jinx’ Filmmakers’ New Doc Is the Bloody Sunday of Inmate Rights and Prison Reform
The new documentary "The Alabama Solution" uses cell phone footage to reveal shocking conditions inside Alabama prisons.
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Escaped Alabama prisoner recaptured in Texas
An escaped state prisoner is back in custody Sunday. The Alabama Department of Corrections said Pierson Anthony was incarcerated at the Hamilton facility and is believed to have walked off property about 11:20 p.
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Alabama prisoners dying at a rate four times the national average
Fewer people died inside the prisons than in 2023, when prisoners were five times as likely to die as the national average.
Melissa police arrest escaped Alabama inmate, accomplice spotted in Buc-ee’s parking lot
An escaped Alabama inmate and his alleged accomplice were arrested Sunday in Melissa after a suspect’s vehicle was spotted in a Buc-ee’s parking lot, officials said. Shortly after 1:45 p.m., Melissa officers were alerted that an escaped inmate may be in their jurisdiction.
‘The Alabama Solution’ Review: Powerful New Doc From ‘The Jinx’ Duo Investigates Injustices in Alabama Prisons
Andrew Jarecki and Charlotte Kaufman chronicle financial mismanagement, abuses of power and general inhumanities in a system allegedly designed for rehabilitation.
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Mother of murderer urges Gov. Whitmer to rescue son from Alabama’s death penalty
Supporters of Demetrius Frazier, a Michigan prisoner facing execution in Alabama, are asking Gov. Gretchen Whitmer to intervene.
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Alabama authorities searching for escaped Marion County inmate
Alabama authorities searching for a 25-year-old inmate at the Hamilton Community Based Facility and Community Work Center who escaped late Saturday night.
Alabama Death Row inmate set for execution is in wrong state, lawsuit argues
The inmate's attorneys say he shouldn’t be in the state’s prison system at all, despite admitting guilt to slaying a woman in Jefferson County three decades ago.
Michigan will not wade into Alabama death row case
Officials in Michigan will not oppose Demetrius Frazier’s execution that Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey scheduled for next Thursday using nitrogen gas. Attorneys for Demetrius Terrence Frazier, scheduled to be executed on Feb.
Former Alabama jailer indicted in federal court on charges of beating handcuffed man
A federal grand jury indicted a former jail administrator for allegedly beating a handcuffed incarcerated person in an Alabama jail and then lying about it to law enforcement, the Justice Department said.
‘A sexual predator’: Michigan prisons don’t want Alabama death row inmate back
An Alabama inmate set to die next month is asking to be sent back to a Michigan prison. The state doesn't want him back.