By Steve Flowers MONTGOMERY — The 2021 legislative session ended last month with an impressive slate of legislative accomplishments. A goodly amount of the credit for the success of the sess... Read more
By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The U.S. Department of Justice filed a lawsuit Wednesday against Alabama over conditions in the state prisons, saying the state is fa... Read more
By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The state of Alabama told a federal judge that it is optimistic that it can adequately staff state prisons by a 2022 deadline despite... Read more
From The Tribune staff reports MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The Alabama prison system on Wednesday reported its fourth case of COVID-19 in a state inmate. The Department of Corrections announced... Read more
From The Trussville Tribune staff reports MONTGOMERY — The Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) announced a 30-day moratorium on new intakes from county jails, in order to protect the in... Read more
From The Trussville Tribune staff reports MONTGOMERY — The Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) announced on Thursday, March 19, 2020, that one of its employees tested positive for COVID... Read more
By Paul DeMarco As we start a new year, we can now look back at the stories that made the news in 2019. In January, Governor Kay Ivey was sworn into office after being elected for a full ter... Read more
From The Trussville Tribune staff reports MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey convened a new criminal justice commission as the state tries to avoid a Department of Justice lawsuit... Read more
From The Trussville Tribune staff reports MONTGOMERY – Governor Kay Ivey and the Alabama Department of Corrections responded today to a U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) findings letter that... Read more