MONTGOMERY, AL (WSFA) - A more than 250-page report on the recruitment and retention of correctional officers in Alabama’s state prisons was unsealed this week as a part of the ongoing federal ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - The Alabama Department of Corrections plans to contract out with a marketing firm for $1.5 million to help manage the many challenges it faces. The ADOC has contracted out ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – The Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) announces its new salary and bonus structure, resulting from the passage of HB468, which Gov. Ivey signed into law in May. The law will ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WHNT) — The Alabama Department of Corrections says the execution of an inmate has been delayed for a mental health evaluation. On July 10, ADOC said the Marion County Circuit Court ...

Newly identified positive cases include inmates who are symptomatic and inmates who are asymptomatic. All existing quarantine protocols held in-place or newly implemented as recommended by the ADOC’s ...

In November, a Limestone prison guard saw a noose around an inmate's neck. Nobody opened the door until six minutes later. CPR was not started until 10 minutes after the suicide attempt. An ambulance ...

Of the approximately 21,000 inmates in Alabama prisons, 4,010 (19 percent) have been diagnosed with a mental illness. The Alabama Department of Corrections lacks the necessary mental health staff to ...

ATMORE, Ala. (WKRG) — Four people allegedly found with drugs were arrested outside Fountain Correctional Facility in Atmore, according to the Alabama Department of Corrections. Four detained after ...