A man convicted of a 2008 robbery in Decatur was one of few granted parole following hearings last week as the statewide parole rate — criticized last Tuesday at a Reentry Alabama meeting — continues ...

VOCAL Executive Director Wanda Miller said the freeze could have had jarring implications for the nonprofit aimed at ...

The ACLU of Alabama’s 2025 priorities include criminal justice reform, voting rights, reproductive justice and protecting ...

Oklahoma lawmakers are gearing up to debate a variety of criminal justice bills, including one that would pause the death ...

The Reentry Commission recent discussed risk assessments used to make important decisions related to inmates, such as work release and parole.

MONTGOMERY — The Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles granted conditional release to 26% of eligible inmates during the first quarter of fiscal year 2025, a significant increase when compared to ...

Louisiana parish officials who threatened to arrest and imprison an environmental activist as she attempted to speak during a ...

Republicans and Democrats alike are promoting anti-crime initiatives as a new year of lawmaking gets underway in state capitols. That comes after voters in several states approved ballot measures in ...

Delivering his first address as a reinaugurated president, Donald Trump spoke directly to communities that had historically ...

The governor pushed the city’s much-criticized Sewerage & Water Board to better serve its long ... a live tiger back to Tiger Stadium for the Alabama game, if only for seven minutes.

Mitchell says she remains loyal to the firefighter’s family and loved ones. She also says it’s time to bring home from prison the man who mounting evidence appears to prove wrongfully convicted in ...