Alabama lawmakers are advancing a bill that would put oversight on the state’s parole board. The parole board has garnered ...

The Alabama Senate passed a bill Thursday that the sponsor said would help state and local law enforcement identify and ...

Lawmakers presented legislation that would allow the state to borrow an additional $500 million to build two prisons, ...

Two states are set to see pauses on executions end as Arizona, Louisiana and South Carolina gave execution dates to three men ...

The bill moved to the full House of Representatives for consideration, passing the House Judiciary Committee with 8 votes in ...

I guess my question about taking on additional debt is, what are the plans to repay it?” said Sen. Larry Stutts.

Alabama lawmakers are seeking to borrow additional money for prison construction to ensure the state can build a second 4,000-bed prison.

Gov. Jeff Landry announced the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections has implemented protocol to carry out death sentences using nitrogen gas.

Louisiana corrections officials have drafted and approved a new policy to allow the state to restart executing death row inmates, Gov. Jeff Landry said Monday. The latest: The policy is modeled after ...