Several people incarcerated won lawsuits because they could not get adequate medical and mental health treatment.

SELMA, Ala. (WSFA) - “The Alabama Solution” shows problems in the Alabama prison system from the inside: whether it be allegations of overcrowding, rampant violence, the influx of illegal drugs, or ...

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(WDHN) — All eyes are on the state of Alabama after a light has been shed on issues regarding the treatment of inmates in state prisons. Local activist Reverend Kenneth Sharpton Glasgow described the ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - A new HBO documentary is bringing national attention to the problems behind Alabama’s prison walls, and it was topic of discussion in the state legislature’s joint prison ...

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Will Boyd is advocating for expanding Medicaid and broadband service, prison reform and high speed rail service — but he was also critical of what he said ...

ELMORE, Ala. (AP) — Family and advocates of people incarcerated in Alabama prisons on Thursday said they want to keep a public spotlight on problems in state lockups and said inmates are planning ...

“In 2024 alone, 277 people died in Alabama prisons” Dakarai Larriett, US Senate candidate in Alabama, says. “Building mega-prisons, naming one after governor Kay Ivy, is not the solution.” From ...