Sheriff Nick Smith denies wrongdoing as investigators probe Tony Mitchell’s death. Mitchell died after being held in a cell known as “The Freezer.” ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An inmate in an Alabama county jail is accused of sending sexually explicit messages to a 13-year-old while he was locked up.

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 ...

An Alabama man who escaped jail and was recaptured a week later was found with a loaded gun inside a detention center, police said. Lawrence Lassiter Jr. was arrested July 26 by the Montgomery Police ...