Last year, Alabama’s top prosecutor said the parole system is working, and “dangerous offenders are largely the only ones left behind bars.” Was he right? Thousands of people in Alabama lockups are ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - The Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles has a new chair, Gov. Ivey announced Monday. Law Enforcement Candidate Hal Nash, the Chief Corrections Deputy with the Jackson County ...

As a state senator five years ago, Cam Ward sponsored a criminal justice reform bill hailed as an important step to relieve overcrowding in Alabama prisons. Today, the U.S. Department of Justice ...