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Browse our website to find more about the prison system of Alabama, 22nd state of the American constitution. Capital punishment is still active in the state and death row inmates are executed mostly by lethal ejection in the Holcman Correctional facility near the city of Altmore.
There are 29 facilities, five are considered maximum security by the Alabama Department of Correction. : Donaldson, Holman, Kilby, St Clair and Tutwiler, 11 are considered medium security ; 13 camps, community work center and work release. Alabama inmates can receive and send mail by the US mail, but Internet services is strictly prohibited. To visit an inmate you must be on the inmate's approved visitation list.
Nearly, half of the prison population are incarcerated for crime against persons. The other half is equally divided in 2 parts : sentenced for property crimes and drugs and other crimes.
The Supreme Court of Alabama established in 1841 is the highest court in the 'Yellow hammer state' and is located in the capital city of Montgomery. |
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17, May 2012 - Lexington Missing Pulaski County Kids Are Found Safe - msnbc.com
The constant support while they were gone surely helped, too. The kids are with child services in Alabama, while William Pilkington is in jail. He's accused of custodial interference and giving police a false name, but barring any charges there ...
17, May 2012 - Huntsville Study: Technology use causes teens to lose sleep
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A Senate budget committee chairman said the Legislature appears unlikely to go along with his plan for the state to pay nearly $119,000 to a west Alabama woman who spent nine months in jail facing a capital murder charge that ...
17, May 2012 - Mobile Gun laws vary from city to county
Gun laws vary from the city to the county, but in the state of Alabama it is illegal for a convicted felon to have a gun. Lori Myles with the Mobile County Sheriff’s Office said making sure they don’t have guns is an important part of fighting crime.
17, May 2012 - Suspects Released
Two Mississippi brothers charged with a murder in west Alabama have been released from jail.
17, May 2012 - Cullman Editorial Roundup: Excerpts From Recent Editorials - Associated Press
This treatment of prisoners, most especially those who have been convicted of no crime whatsoever ... to speak out in a society that needs to hear criticism. The Cullman (Alabama) Times on the presidential campaign: Politics.
17, May 2012 - Athens Supreme Court takes up Arizona immigration law - News-Courier
Alabama, Georgia, Indiana, South Carolina and Utah passed ... to seek work or hold a job and allow police to arrest suspected illegal immigrants without warrants. Arizona argues that with its 370-mile border with Mexico, it has paid a disproportionate ...
17, May 2012 - Talladega Latest Alabama news, sports, business and entertainment - WCBD
The Daily Home of Talladega reports that Katelynn Arnold ... Two other men already are serving federal prison sentences after being convicted in the robberies. MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) An Alabama man has filed a lawsuit against a Florida blood ...
17, May 2012 - Lexington Money unlikely for wrongfully jailed Alabama mom - Dispatch
A Senate budget committee chairman said the Legislature appears unlikely to go along with his plan for the state to pay nearly $119,000 to a west Alabama woman who spent nine months in jail facing a capital murder charge that resulted from a ...
17, May 2012 - Dothan Suspect arrested in Regions Bank robbery - theadvocate.com
Baton Rouge police have arrested an Alabama man wanted in the Tuesday morning robbery ... Roberston, 1063 Webb Road, Dothan, Ala., was booked into Parish Prison on a count of first-degree robbery, Stubbs said. The alleged bank robber also was booked ...
17, May 2012 - Mobile Current Alabama legislative session prepared to close - Examiner
which will stop pension payments to public employees who are convicted of committing a crime that is related to their job. The House also passed Senate Bill 191, sponsored by Senate President Pro Tem Del Marsh of Anniston, which will require Alabama school ...
17, May 2012 - Eldred 15-year sentence in Alabama road rage stabbing - Erie Times-News
Circuit Judge Jack Meigs imposed the sentence Tuesday on Robert Fitts, who was convicted of first-degree assault in March. District Attorney Michael Jackson said this was a case of road rage where Fitts thought the victim, Eldred Fuller ...
17, May 2012 - Mobile Convicted arsonist asks to be released from prison - Birmingham News
DeBusk, convicted of setting fires at five Bibb County churches, was sentenced to seven years in federal prison and to a 15-year split sentence in Alabama. Two of those years in Alabama were to be served in state prison and the remainder on supervised release.
17, May 2012 - Mobile Lafourche man allegedly raped child
An Alabama man has been charged in the rape of a child in Lafourche Parish, though local authorities refused to release details surrounding the allegations.
17, May 2012 - Lexington Robbers assault 2 women, including one during home invasion - Everything Alabama Blog
In a third weekend incident, a robber was arrested ... block of Lexington Avenue late Saturday night and pistol-whipped a woman while making demands for money, Levy said. The woman was treated for lacerations at University of South Alabama ...
16, May 2012 - Gordon woman arrested during Florida traffic stop
A Greenwood, Fla., man and a woman from Gordon were arrested Monday after a traffic stop led to the discovery of crack cocaine and to information that the woman was wanted by authorities in Alabama.
16, May 2012 - Jacksonville Four unsettling comments - Everything Alabama Blog
I mentioned that we’re in competition with cities such as Nashville, Jacksonville, and Charlotte that have ... Many of our county officials are in jail.” (Of course, the reason they are in jail is Jefferson County didn't have three branches ...
16, May 2012 - Convicted arsonist asks to be released from prison - WLOX
CENTREVILLE, Ala. (AP) - 1 of 3 men who pleaded guilty to arson charges in a series of 2006 rural Alabama church fires has asked to be let out of prison early. Russell DeBusk, a former Birmingham-Southern student, on Monday asked Bibb County Circuit Judge ...
16, May 2012 - Jacksonville Luck expected to top NFL draft
A Senate version of the 2013 Alabama budget would slash state prison funding ... Of course, the problem of jail overpopulation isn’t new. Jacksonville State University criminal justice professor Ron Mellen said prison populations began soaring in the ...
16, May 2012 - Pelham Pelham man charged with raping child - Shelby Reporter
A 44-year-old Pelham man was arrested on May 9 ... After the arrest, Cantabrana was transported to the Shelby County Jail, where he is being held on bonds totaling $560,000. According to Alabama law, first-degree rape occurs when a person ...
16, May 2012 - Warrior Beating the odds: Davidson senior earns softball scholarship despite obstacles (Gallery) - Birmingh
Maybe it's the fact that her father remains in prison ... the Warriors' season wound down this spring, Rabe held no scholarship offers, so she did what she does best: She went to work. She emailed coaches at Spring Hill, Huntingdon and Alabama ...
16, May 2012 - Gardendale Alabama man charged with bribery and gambling conspiracy - Examiner
According to an FBI press release dated May 7, 2012, a Warrior, Alabama man was arrested Tuesday on charges of conspiracy ... The four who have agreed to plead guilty are Carl E. Scoggins of Gardendale, John Lynwood Taylor of Morris, and Daniel "Boone ...
16, May 2012 - Gravine Island teens charged as adults
BAY MINETTE, Alabama -- Three 17-year-olds involved in the Gravine Island shooting have been charged as adults with first degree burglary, according to a press release from Baldwin County Sheriff Huey "Hoss" Mack.
16, May 2012 - Summer Moody's family's attorney releases details of teen's condition
MOBILE, Alabama -- The gunshot that injured Summer Moody is more severe than originally diagnosed, Robert Stankoski Jr., the family's attorney, said this morning in a news release.
16, May 2012 - Northport Nacogdoches Police: Man caught with coke in bus
Nacogdoches Police arrested an Alabama man Wednesday morning after he was reportedly caught trying to travel in a bus with cocaine.
16, May 2012 - Pensacola Pensacola police officer recognized 67 years after his death - Everything Alabama Blog
PENSACOLA, Florida -- A Pensacola police officer who died while making an arrest is being recognized 67 years after his death, the Pensacola News Journal reported. Edward O’Brien Pursell died in 1944 after suffering a heart attack after a man ...
16, May 2012 - Alabama News Digest - Erie Times-News
A Senate budget committee chairman said the Legislature appears unlikely to go along with his plan for the state to pay nearly $119,000 to a west Alabama woman who spent nine months in jail facing ... of Joplin and Tuscaloosa, Ala.
16, May 2012 - Alabaster Ward’s sentencing reform bill passes legislature - Shelby Reporter
Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley is expected to sign a bill sponsored by state Sen. Cam Ward, R-Alabaster, aimed at cutting down on the state’s prison overpopulation. The bill would change the make-up of the Sentencing Commission. It also mandates ...
16, May 2012 - MASSACHUSETTS JOINS MULTISTATE SUIT VS APPLE OVER PRICE-FIXING - Bloomberg
Massachusetts was joined in today's enforcement action by Texas, Connecticut, Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Delaware, the District ... in Attorney General Martha Coakley's Antitrust Division, as well as William Matlack, Chief ...
16, May 2012 - State Line Deputies nab robbery suspect near state line - Starkville Daily News
A Starkville resident who was reported last week as armed and dangerous has been detained and is now in Oktibbeha County Jail. Authorities from ... May 11 at a convenience store near the Mississippi-Alabama state line. Reed allegedly robbed a resident ...
16, May 2012 - Stuart Law week begins Thursday - Atmore Advance
The students do not decide the jail time for anyone convicted as a result of the trial ... The special speaker for Thursday will be the Honorable Lyn Stuart, Associate Justice in the Alabama Supreme Court. She is a former student of the Escambia ...
16, May 2012 - At the Statehouse: Lawmakers try to fix Medicaid shortfall in final days of session - Sand Mountain
The new budget shifts $184 million from the state prison system to Medicaid. Legislators are then depending on voters to approve a constitutional amendment that would allow a one-time transfer of funds from the Alabama Trust Fund, which is ...
16, May 2012 - Birmingham Birmingham police operation nets 38 arrests
BIRMINGHAM, Alabama - Birmingham police said today 38 people were arrested in a special initiative aimed at arresting wanted criminals and assuring residents in targeted neighborhoods that their complaints and concerns are heard. Operation Rescue -- Rapid Engagement Suppressing...
16, May 2012 - Bessemer 1 arrest made in Brighton grocery store shooting - Everything Alabama Blog
BRIGHTON, Alabama -- One person has been arrested in connection with a shooting Thursday night at a Brighton grocery store, the city's police chief said. The owner of the Sav U Foods on Bessemer Super Highway underwent surgery Thursday night ...
16, May 2012 - Gardendale Justice Department: Ala. law hurting Hispanic students
Protesters of Alabama's controversial immigration law sing Thursday as they are led away in handcuffs and detained by State Capitol Police after a sit down protest outside of the senate chamber.
16, May 2012 - Bessemer DHR steps in after 13 dogs found in house - Shelby Reporter
The Alabama Department of Human Resources placed three children into protective custody and a Helena-based animal rescue agency is now caring for 13 dogs after officers discovered what Helena Police detective ... Clinic in Bessemer to nurse ...
16, May 2012 - Attorney to ask for reduced sentence for church arsonist
A hearing takes place today for one of the three men who set fire to several central Alabama churches in 2006. Russell Lee Debusk, Jr. pleaded guilty to helping two fellow Birmingham college students burn
16, May 2012 - Birmingham Report: Trovon Reed arrested, released over missing court date over unpaid parking tickets - Birmin
AUBURN, Alabama -- Auburn receiver Trovon Reed said he was arrested Thursday for failing to appear in court last year over two unpaid parking tickets, the Houma Courier newspaper reported Saturday. Reed said he paid the tickets last week.
16, May 2012 - Northport Alabama man arrested for possession of a controlled substance
Ricky Eugene Prewitt, age 41 of Northport Alabama, was taken into custody Thursday morning after Nacogdoches police discovered he was in possession of cocaine.
16, May 2012 - Jacksonville Buddhists from across the Southeast gather to mourn slain monk - Everything Alabama Blog
GRAND BAY, Alabama -- At the Wat Buddharaksa Temple here on Saturday ... Vern Phdsamay, 32, a monk who lived at the temple, has been arrested and charged with murder. "People are here to pay respects," said Somprasong Songcharoen, a native ...
16, May 2012 - Jacksonville Man charged with burglarizing old school - Anniston Star
County deputies arrested and charged Timothy Dewitt Nicholson, 40, of Jacksonville, with burglary and criminal mischief regarding the damages at the old Duke School on Alabama 204. Sheriff’s Chief Deputy Matthew Wade said deputies were alerted to a fire ...
16, May 2012 - Attorney general alleges e-book conspiracy - South Coast Today
Massachusetts was joined in today’s enforcement action by Texas, Connecticut, Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Delaware, the District ... Attorney General, and Helen Hood, paralegal, in Coakley’s Antitrust Division, as well as ...
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