In October 2021, the Legislature approved a $1.3 billion plan to build two 4,000-bed prisons - in Elmore and Escambia counties. The largest prison in Alabama, in Limestone County, has about 2,000 beds ...

Dozens of pregnant women locked up in county jails described excruciating pain, saying their cries for help were ignored as ...

Grammy-winning rapper Prakazrel “Pras” Michel of the Fugees was sentenced on Thursday to 14 years in prison for a case in ...

A yearlong probe reveals dozens of pregnant women in jails face horrific conditions with limited medical care. Many are ...

Florida executes Richard Barry Randolph by lethal injection for 1988 murder, setting record with 17th execution this year ...

An Afghan teenager who pleaded guilty to taking part in an Oklahoma plot to carry out an Election Day attack has been ...

A man convicted of raping and fatally beating his former manager at a Florida convenience store is set to be the 17th person ...

Raegan Beers had 20 points and 11 rebounds, and No. 6 Oklahoma overcame a slow start to beat North Alabama 89-61 as hundreds of students on a field trip screamed their approval. Beers made six of ...

Eric Walker found deleted texts from another man on his fiancée's phone and left the home in a rage. He returned hours later, ...