Carl Lofton Carpenter, 55, pleaded guilty to the mistreatment of Anthony 'Tony' Mitchell, 33, who died from hypothermia and sepsis two weeks after being arrested by Walker County police.

I’ve been sick damn near two weeks. I’ve got a bad cold. I probably have pneumonia, man,” says “Jordan” when I interview him ...

A big part of that is increasing the number of correctional officers. Thursday the Alabama Department of Corrections ...

Dothan resident Brent Guilford, found guilty of killing an inmate during what authorities called a love triangle, will spend ...

Madison County District Attorney Tim Gann says they’re trying to keep up with the volume of crime. “We have never been this busy in our history as far as prosecuting cases and moving cases,” Gann said ...

The jail was closed due to excessive mold buildup, which the Autauga County Commission said made the facility unsafe. Sheriff ...

The Alabama Department of Corrections reports more than 4,600 inmates have been diagnosed with mental impairment. Russell ...

An Alabama sheriff's deputy pleaded guilty to restraining a vulnerable inmate more than two years after that inmate died as a ...

This is how we treat seizures in Walker County,” the deputy said to the detainee, according to the plea agreement.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — An Alabama sheriff's deputy will plead guilty to assaulting a man suffering from a mental health crisis who later died of sepsis and hypothermia in the local jail, court filings ...

A deputy with the Walker County Sheriff's office has agreed to plead guilty to charges relating to the arrest of Tony Mitchell, who died after spending two weeks "naked, wet, cold, and covered in ...

The new program at the Russell County Jail is called IGNITE, which stands for Inmate Growth Naturally and Intentionally Through Education. This program is active in 14 states across the country and is ...