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 ...

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 8 (UPI) --Directors Andrew Jarecki and Charlotte Kaufman say investigating the Alabama prison system in their documentary The Alabama Solution, premiering Friday at 9 p.m. EDT on HBO ...

An inmate serving time in an Alabama prison for a murder conviction is being indicted on two new counts, according to court ...

A Montgomery pastor who ministers in Alabama prisons told state lawmakers Wednesday that he sees incarcerated men who are traumatized by what he described as a culture of drugs, extortion, rape, and ...

A former state prison sergeant has been sentenced to prison for the assault of an inmate with a baton. A Jefferson County Bessemer Cutoff jury in April convicted 60-year-old Joe L. Binder of ...

Derrick Dearman appeared to be high on drugs in his Alabama prison in the days leading up to his execution. The convicted killer raged in phone calls and emails, anguishing over how his willingness to ...