Former WBRC anchor Beth Shelburne worked as a producer on a new HBO documentary examining the serious problems within Alabama ...

Video above: HBO documentary claims to expose what really happens in Alabama prisons Chase Mathis told prison guards he was being threatened by other inmates and feared for his life. But within hours ...

The Alabama Sentencing Commission said Friday that Alabama’s already overcrowded prisons could see inmate populations rise by nearly a third by 2030 due to new punitive laws passed by the Legislature.

ATMORE, Ala. -- Thirteen minutes into his execution by injection, an Alabama inmate heaved and coughed and appeared to move during tests meant to determine consciousness. Ronald Bert Smith Jr., 45, ...

An Alabama inmate, who officials say is scheduled to die in October by nitrogen hypoxia, is pushing for execution by firing squad, hanging or medical-aid-in-dying instead. Anthony Boyd has filed a ...