The Perry County Jail has been closed for nearly six months following an inmate escape last fall, triggering inspections that ...

Video above: ‘News 5 Now’ — Top Stories from Jan. 30, 2026 MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — An inmate who escaped his assigned job ...

The Alabama prison system has moved three well-known inmate activists who supported a 2022 prison strike and were featured in ...

An Alabama sheriff says a jail official visited a murder suspect in prison months before helping him escape and that her actions suggest their plan had been in the works for some time. Lauderdale ...

Three Alabama prison inmates featured in an Oscar-nominated documentary have filed a federal lawsuit alleging their abrupt transfer to isolated cells last month violated their First Amendment rights.

Family members of the three men said they fear for their loved ones' safety and are concerned the moves to solitary confinement are a form of retaliation for outspokenness about problems within the ...

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 ...