The Latest Breaking News from Alabama Department of Corrections

Carey Dale Grayson was executed by Alabama on Thursday evening for his role in the 1994 murder of Vickie Deblieux

Keith Gavin’s attorneys said the filing is not an attempt to stop the execution from going ahead

Top state officials seem more interested in killing more killing than in fixing their gruesome mistakes

Four tapes mysteriously donated to a library reveal uncertainty behind the scenes of the death chamber — and indicate the prison neglected to record evidence during an execution gone wrong.

‘He had dreams of obtaining his freedom, joining his mother and starting a new and productive life’

Attorneys say an Alabama inmate was "subjected to ever-escalating levels of pain and torture” during an aborted execution

The uncompleted execution of Kenneth Eugene Smith was the state's second such instance of being unable to kill an inmate in the past two months and its third since 2018.

A former corrections officer said Alabama is no longer in control of its prisons and said he believes federal officials should intervene in the system

Guards asleep on duty, meagre meals and cells covered in filth: incarcerated people across the southern US state of Alabama have refused to work since September 26 in protest against shocking conditions in overcrowded facilities, including violence, neglect and poor hygiene. The strike has brought prisons, which depend on and…