ADOC K-9 teams intercept drugs, phones, and weapons in two prison contraband busts
The Alabama Department of Corrections announced Tuesday its Law Enforcement Services Division (LESD) and its K-9 teams ...
Bill to let Alabama borrow another $500 million for prison construction advances
Alabama is building a 4,000-bed prison in Elmore County and plans to build another 4,000-bed prison in Escambia County.
Senate passes bill upping the amount the state can borrow to build second mega prison
A bill upping the amount the state can borrow to build a second 4,000-bed prison was approved by the Alabama Senate.
2 men arrested for trying to smuggle phones and knives into Alabama prisons
Two men are under arrest after authorities say they tried to smuggle contraband into Alabama prisons. Kevin Harris, of ...
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Bill to allow nitrogen-gas executions raises legal, medical questions
Despite no support for claims that it is a more humane method of execution, Arkansas is looking at using nitrogen gas to kill inmates.
Execution witness challenges Arkansas bill allowing nitrogen hypoxia method
Arkansas is one among several other states that are looking to replace their way of carrying out capital punishment by using ...
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New York corrections officers charged in beating death of handcuffed inmate
Ten former New York corrections employees have been indicted in the death of Robert Brooks, according to an indictment ...
'Barbaric': Inmate chooses death by firing squad for execution in South Carolina next month
Brad Keith Sigmon is set to be executed by firing squad on March 7 for the 2001 beating deaths of his ex-girlfriend's parents ...
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Alabama puts man to death for a 1991 murder in the nation's fourth execution using nitrogen gas
He had no visible movement by about 6:21 p.m. The curtains to the execution chamber closed at 6:29 p.m. Alabama Corrections Commissioner John Hamm said afterward that the gas flowed for about 18 ...