The Birmingham Police Department said 30-year-old Cornelius Dontae Houston was charged with capital murder and three counts ...

Law enforcement agencies across St. Clair County arrested a dozen people on various felony charges, including three people ...

In a plea agreement filed in late January, Benjamin Shoemaker agreed to plead guilty to a federal charge of conspiracy against rights as well as two counts of deprivation of rights.

A basketball goal has been installed in the Houston County jail's recreation area, offering inmates a new form of recreation ...

A Madison County man who was serving jail time in Bessemer was killed on Wednesday. Jefferson County Coroner identified the ...

According to the Alabama Department of Corrections, an inmate is dead following an assault at Donaldson Correctional Facility ...

Prison officials said an inmate serving time for a robbery in Madison County died Tuesday as a result of an assault.

A major focus for the county is public safety, particularly in relation to the county jail, volunteer fire departments, and emergency medical services (EMS). The jail expansion project aims to ...

People with severe mental illness are arrested and incarcerated at a higher rate than those without, which costs taxpayers ...

Atlanta police are treating the death of a former head basketball coach at two Georgia universities as a homicide after his ...

Sammy Jackson, who was an assistant basketball coach at the University of Alabama and Alabama A&M University, was found shot ...

A 40-year-old male inmate has died at the Bexar County jail. Last year, there were 13 deaths at the jail. A deputy conducting face-to-face observation checks at the infirmary on Thursday found ...