An inmate in an Alabama county jail is accused of sending sexually explicit messages to a 13-year-old while he was locked up. Jordan Mike Bulger, 18, of Opelika, is charged with one count of ...

The cell where Tony Mitchell died of hypothermia and sepsis in 2023 sits empty now, but for a few spare mattresses strewn on the floor inside the Walker County Jail. “That cell, as long as I’m sheriff ...

FLORENCE, Ala. — Authorities issued an arrest warrant Monday for a corrections official who they say helped an inmate arrested on a murder charge escape from an Alabama jail even as they searched for ...

PRATTVILLE − Since mold forced the closure of a county jail 15 months ago, about $2.34 million in unbudgeted expenses have been paid and a more than a quarter million miles have been traveled to carry ...

In addition to repairs, the county has spent more than $3 million to house inmates elsewhere.

A Madison woman is accused of using a drone to try to drop marijuana to inmates at an Alabama prison. According to court documents, 39-year-old Danielle Jones flew a drone on Feb. 8 near G.K Fountain ...

ABC 33/40 in Birmingham, Alabama offers news, sports, and weather reporting for the surrounding communities including Tuscaloosa, Anniston, Cullman, Gadsden, Talladega, Sylacauga, Carbon Hill, Jasper, ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The Alabama prison system has moved three well-known inmate activists who supported a 2022 prison strike and were featured in an Oscar-nominated documentary about the troubled ...

A Jefferson County Jail employee has been arrested on two felony charges. Laquesha Rene Green, 35, is charged with use of position for personal gain and promoting prison contraband, according to court ...