Public safety

14th Alabama inmate dies after testing positive for COVID-19

A 47-year-old man serving at the St. Clair Correctional Facility became the 14th Alabama inmate to die after testing positive for COVID-19, the Alabama Department of Corrections said Monday. Wilson Roosevelt Conner, who had multiple underlying conditions including end-stage renal disease, died Friday, the department said in a press release. He was tested for COVID-19 … Continued

Eddie Burkhalter

July 20, 2020

Hundreds denied parole as Alabama’s COVID-19 crisis worsens

White people in Alabama prisons were 2.6 times more likely to be paroled than Black people during the month of June, according to the SPLC.

Eddie Burkhalter

July 20, 2020

DA defends imprisonment of disabled vet for marijuana charges

West Alabama District Attorney Andy Hamlin defended the court decision to revoke Sean Worsley’s probation, sending the Black disabled veteran to state prison for 60 months on felony marijuana charges. Hamlin spoke to APR in a phone interview about the case. Sean Worsley is a Black disabled veteran who was arrested on felony marijuana charges … Continued

Brandon Moseley

July 17, 2020

13th state inmate dies after testing positive for COVID-19

Of the state’s approximately 21,000 inmates, 585 had been tested as of Thursday.

Eddie Burkhalter

July 16, 2020

Attorney general appoints Prim Escalona to replace U.S. Attorney Jay Town

Attorney General William Barr on Thursday announced the appointment of Prim Escalona as Interim U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Alabama. Escalona, formerly the Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legislative Affairs at the U.S. Justice Department, fills the position left vacant by the resignation of Jay Town, who ended his … Continued

Eddie Burkhalter

July 16, 2020

Police may serve search warrants out of their jurisdiction, Alabama AG says

Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall said Tuesday that recent actions by the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals and the Alabama Supreme Court have clarified that Alabama law allows law enforcement officers in the state to serve search warrants outside their territorial jurisdiction as long as a judge within the jurisdiction of service approves the warrant. … Continued

Brandon Moseley

July 16, 2020

Two more Alabama inmates die after testing positive for COVID-19

The two additional deaths bring the total number of inmate deaths after positive test results to 12.

Eddie Burkhalter

July 14, 2020

Alabama Department of Corrections investigating inmate death

His exact cause of death is pending an autopsy, but the department said prior to his death he was not showing symptoms of COVID-19.

Eddie Burkhalter

July 14, 2020

Tenth state inmate dies after testing positive for COVID-19

As of Tuesday, 97 inmates had tested positive for COVID-19.

Eddie Burkhalter

July 8, 2020

Seventh Alabama inmate dies after testing positive for COVID-19

A seventh Alabama inmate has died after testing positive for COVID-19, and the man is the second person from the infirmary at the Staton Correctional Facility to have tested positive for the virus and subsequently died. Daniel Everett, 74, died Tuesday after testing positive for coronavirus at a local hospital, the Alabama Department of Corrections … Continued

Eddie Burkhalter

July 1, 2020