Lawsuit alleges prison system and private companies involved in “modern-day slavery”
The suit seeks to eliminate the alleged labor scheme and have current and former incarcerated workers compensated properly.
Prisons
Family alleges medical neglect of man who died days after getting medical furlough
Antonio Arnez Smith was granted medical furlough in September but was not released to his family until October. He died four days later.
Family: Incarcerated loved one’s body returned without a heart, decomposing
A federal complaint alleges that the family of a deceased incarcerated person had their loved one’s body returned in a decomposing state.
Daughter says her incarcerated father was buried at a prison without family’s knowledge
Burgee said the entire ordeal was gut-wrenching and her family had the moment to bury her father and receive closure “stolen” from them.
Another incarcerated death, and two ADOC staff arrested for drug possession
Two ADOC staff members at Staton and Elmore Correctional Facility face charges for contraband.
Family: ADOC officer died from an asthma attack induced by inhaling mace
It has been over two weeks since the officer's death and ADOC still has not contacted the officer's mother about her death.
Family was denied seeing incarcerated loved one who had brain surgery
“Something with that policy needs to change, and it needs to change now,” Crafton said.
Lawsuit alleges ADOC guard encouraged violence against an incarcerated person
An ADOC guard is being accused of encouraging incarcerated people to murder another incarcerated person.
McWhorter second incarcerated person executed in Alabama this year
Casey McWhorter, 49, was executed by the state via lethal injection for the 1993 murder and robbery of Edward Lee Williams Sr.
Incarcerated person previously attacked dies after another assault
After being assaulted in August, Christopher Latham was assaulted again in October — this time fatally.