The inmate who escaped from a Florence, Alabama, jail with a corrections officer last Friday was awaiting trial on capital murder charges. But those charges were just the latest in a litany of other ...

An inmate at an Alabama jail died Tuesday of a suspected overdose, the same day an inmate at the same jail was treated for drug toxicity and found to have Suboxone in his system, according to the ...

In 2022, inmate Casey Cole White escaped an Alabama jail with the help of his romantic partner and jail assistant director Vicky White in hopes of starting a new life together. Authorities found the ...

Doug Myers is a digital content producer for CBS Texas. A longtime journalist, Doug has worked for four newspapers in Texas and Louisiana and for three television stations in Texas. He has also spent ...

A former Alabama jail officer has been indicted on federal charges that he provided an inmate with cigarettes. Mario Avery, 43, is charged conspiring to provide contraband to an inmate in prison, ...

Five medical employees at an Alabama jail have been indicted in connection with the death of a mentally ill man who died of hypothermia after being held for two weeks in a concrete cell. The ...

A new federal civil rights lawsuit is raising concerns about the treatment of pregnant detainees at an Alabama jail and the potential harm to their unborn children whom the law claims to protect.

Shortly after the baby’s death, Dunn said, she started using pain pills again. Eventually, she said, she was arrested on charges related to her illicit drug use, such as trespassing. She said she has ...

Capital murder charges have been dropped against a south Alabama man after a six-year wait to bring the case to trial. Yeldon Rostchild, 29, was released from jail on Wednesday, WPMI -TV reported, ...