Inmates sit in a treatment dorm at Staton Correctional Facility in Elmore, Ala., Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2019, around the time of ...

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey declared her support of a House bill that would create a shark alert system for beaches and shorelines in Baldwin and Mobile counties.

Alabama Governor Kay Ivey has awarded nearly $297,000 to improve public safety in north Alabama, including $50,000 to the ...

A new law increasing the bond authorization responds to federal pressures and increased anticipated prison construction costs ...

If you are betting on Alabama getting a state lottery this year, the odds are not looking good. As of now, this year’s gambling package will not even be brought to the ...

Tuscaloosa's own Ted Sexton is among a handful of new hires at the Alabama Department of Corrections, which oversees the ...

Fredericks has been hired as the Governor Kay Ivey Correctional Complex ... security warden at the Broad River facility for the South Carolina Department of Corrections. Sexton has been hired ...

HB 123, sponsored by Rep. Kerry Underwood, R-Tuscumbia, extends the Alabama State Board of Pharmacy to Oct. 1, 2026, and ...

Governor Kay Ivey on Wednesday hosted the 144 Correctional Officer ... “These 144 men and women are stepping up to answer the call to protect our Corrections facilities and our communities, and on ...

WOODBOURNE — “I am deeply disturbed by the toxic chemical exposure that correctional officers and National Guard members recently suffered at Woodbourne Correctional Facility, and I’m appalled that ...

A big part of that is increasing the number of correctional officers. Thursday the Alabama Department of Corrections graduated its largest class on record. 144 men and women graduated after going ...