The Associated Press MONTGOMERY (AP) - A federal lawsuit against Alabama corrections officials charges that an inmate “baked to death” in an overheated prison cell two winters ago. Thomas Lee Rutledge died of hyperthermia on Dec. 7, 2020, at William…
TUSCALOOSA - Several state inmates at an Alabama prison spoke with WVUA 23 by phone on Monday about a one-day statewide prison strike the same day in protest of their treatment within…
BIBB COUNTY - Prison inmates and prison workers are prepping for a possible statewide strike for all inmates within Alabama's prison system. On Monday, Sept. 26, Alabama prisoners will reportedly go on…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Alabama asked a federal appeals court to let it proceed with a lethal injection this week, arguing there is no evidence the prisoner selected another execution method. Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall on Tuesday asked the…
By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - A federal judge told Alabama to stop being vague and give a firm answer by Thursday evening on if the prison system might use the untested execution method of nitrogen hypoxia…
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Police say a federal inmate was gunned down in a targeted killing outside an Alabama prison reentry facility. Larry Taylor was shot Saturday morning in Birmingham. The 47-year-old was pronounced dead at a hospital. Birmingham police Lt.…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - A federal judge has ruled the execution of an Alabama inmate can proceed as scheduled later this month, rejecting the man's request for a postponement. Joe Nathan James Jr. is set to be given a lethal…
BESSEMER, Ala. (AP) - Authorities say a state prison inmate from Montgomery has been stabbed to death at a correctional facility outside Birmingham. Al.com reports that the violence happened Tuesday night at the William Donaldson Correctional Facility in Bessemer. The…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - A former Alabama Department of Corrections lieutenant has been sentenced to nine years in jail for failing to stop an officer from assaulting two inmates. The U.S. Department of Justice, in a news release Friday, said…
By JAY REEVES Associated Press BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - The U.S. Supreme Court is considering whether to let the state of Alabama execute an inmate who contends an intellectual disability combined with the state's inattention cost him a chance to…
