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Alabama has relatively long mandatory sentencing laws compared to most other states, resulting in a rising prison population stemming from longer prison sentences. It operates the nation's most crowded prison system. In 2015 it housed more than 24,000 inmates in a system designed for 13,318. [3]
The following is a list of people executed by the U.S. state of Alabama since capital punishment was resumed in the United States in 1976. All of the 75 people (74 men and 1 woman) have been executed at the Holman Correctional Facility, near Atmore, Alabama. All executions between December 2002 and 2023 were conducted by lethal injection.
Bullock Work Release Center. Camden Work Release Center. Childersburg Boot & Work Camp. Childersburg Work Release Center. Davis Correctional Facility. Decatur Work Release Center (RENAMED - North Alabama Work Release Center) Elba Work Release Center. Farquhar Cattle Ranch. Frank Lee Youth Center.
Between 1812 and 1965, 708 people were executed in Alabama. Until 1927, hanging was the primary method of execution, although one person was put to death by firing squad . In addition to murder, capital crimes in Alabama formerly included rape, arson, and robbery. [11] According to the Alabama Department of Corrections, 31 persons were executed ...
December 14, 2023 at 1:53 PM. The family of an Alabama inmate who was found dead in his bed filed a federal lawsuit alleging that his heart had been removed before the facility returned the body ...
Updated November 14, 2023 at 11:39 PM. A 22-year-old Alabama inmate was left brain-dead following a brutal prison assault and died the day he was supposed to have been released, leaving his family ...
Police in Alabama are searching for two escaped inmates who broke loose from a rural jail Saturday morning. Three inmates reportedly overpowered a jailer after he entered their cell to check on ...
Casey White prison escape. The prison escape of Casey White took place on April 29, 2022, when White, who was awaiting trial in a capital murder case, escaped the Lauderdale County Jail in Florence, Alabama, United States. Corrections officer Vicky White (no relation) engineered and facilitated the escape by taking Casey in a car to what she ...