Prisons

Seven inmates, seven workers test positive for COVID-19

The Alabama Department of Corrections on Tuesday said in a statement that seven more prison workers and seven additional inmates have tested positive for COVID-19. Four workers and one woman serving at the Julia Tutwiler Prison for Women all tested positive for coronavirus, according to an ADOC press release. There are 16 confirmed cases among … Continued

Eddie Burkhalter

June 2, 2020

Alabama Parole and Probation Officers supervising nearly 9,000 violent criminals

The Alabama Bureau of Pardons and Paroles released a report Thursday that was shared with state legislators and the media this week that shows Alabama’s 300 parole and probation officers are tasked with supervising 8,993 people convicted of violent crimes. The officers are tasked with supervising more than 27,000 Alabama offenders as well as more … Continued

Brandon Moseley

May 29, 2020

Inmate at Elmore prison dies after attack from another inmate

A man serving at the Elmore Correctional Facility died Wednesday after being assaulted by another inmate, the Alabama Department of Corrections confirmed Thursday. Jamaal King, 33, died Tuesday from injuries he received after an attack from another inmate, ADOC spokeswoman Samantha Banks wrote in a message to APR. “The ADOC condemns all violence in its … Continued

Eddie Burkhalter

May 28, 2020

Opinion

Alabama’s long-overdue prison bill

Although scientists haven’t yet confirmed it, there is a cure for COVID-19: Incarceration in an Alabama prison. It’s amazing, really. If you work in the prisons or visit an Alabama prison, you get the coronavirus. If you’re an inmate who leaves an Alabama prison for a short period of time, you also get the virus. … Continued

Josh Moon

May 21, 2020

Two prison workers test positive for coronavirus

Editor’s note: This story was updated at 6 p.m. Friday to clarify the number of confirmed cases. ADOC mistakenly counted one confirmed case of a staff member twice. Two more workers in Alabama prisons have tested positive for coronavirus, according to the Alabama Department of Corrections. One worker at Julia Tutwiler Prison for Women and … Continued

Eddie Burkhalter

May 15, 2020

Three more prison workers test positive for COVID-19

One worker at the Julia Tutwiler Prison for Women and two employees at the Ventress Correctional Facility have tested positive for coronavirus, the Alabama Department of Corrections announced Wednesday. The announcement means that eight workers at Ventress prison in Clayton have tested positive for COVID-19, and two at Tutwiler. Ten inmates at Ventress have been … Continued

Eddie Burkhalter

May 14, 2020

10 inmates, staff test positive for COVID-19 at Pickens County federal prison

At least six inmates and four employees at a federal prison in West Alabama have tested positive for COVID-19. According to the Federal Bureau of Prisons, at least 12 cases have been identified in federal correctional facilities in Alabama, ten of them at Federal Correctional Institution Aliceville, a low-security women’s prison in southern Pickens County. … Continued

Chip Brownlee

May 12, 2020

Prison worker: Officer exposed to COVID-19 was forced to work before inmate tests positive

After the Alabama Department of Corrections announced Wednesday that an inmate at the Hamilton Aged and Infirmed facility tested positive for COVID-19, the staff at Hamilton already had a pretty good idea about how the virus entered the building. One worker at Hamilton Aged and Infirmed told APR on Thursday that a correctional officer at … Continued

Eddie Burkhalter

May 8, 2020

Seventh Alabama inmate tests positive for COVID-19

An inmate at the St. Clair Correctional Facility has tested positive for COVID-19, becoming the seventh state inmate to test positive for the virus, the Alabama Department of Corrections announced late Monday. The man tested positive “while he was at a local hospital where he received care for a non-COVID-19 related preexisting medical condition,” ADOC’s … Continued

Eddie Burkhalter

May 4, 2020

Alabama Department of Correction’s coronavirus plan not ready

The Alabama Department of Corrections doesn’t yet have a plan for how to deal with coronavirus in state prisons, according to the department. “The ADOC will work with the ADPH and other state agencies to develop our Continuity of Operations Plan (COOP), as the Department has in previous years in formulating our pandemic response,” wrote … Continued

Eddie Burkhalter

March 11, 2020