Second Julia Tutwiler Prison worker dies after testing positive for COVID-19
The death comes as cases and deaths among inmates and staff continue to mount across the state’s prisons.
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Two more inmates at Staton prison die after testing positive for COVID-19
Two more inmates who had underlying medical conditions and were serving at the Staton Correctional Facility died after testing positive for COVID-19, the Alabama Department of Corrections said Wednesday. The latest deaths follow the deaths of two other men from Staton prison who died recently. The virus had spread throughout the infirmary there, and as … Continued
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
Sixth Alabama inmate dies after positive COVID-19 test
A sixth incarcerated person in Alabama died Monday after testing positive for COVID-19, the Alabama Department of Corrections announced Monday. Wanda Gaye Dison, 68, who was serving at Julia Tutwiler Prison for Women in Wetumpka died at a local hospital Monday, according to the department. Dison was hospitalized for advanced, chronic health problems, was tested … Continued
Alabama Department of Corrections investigating inmate death
A 38-year-old man serving at Donaldson Correctional Facility died last week, but the cause was unclear Monday. The Alabama Department of Corrections in a statement to APR on Monday said the department was investigating the events that led up to the death of Darnell McMillian of Mobile County, but the department declined to answer APR’s … Continued
Alabama prison worker dies after testing positive for COVID-19
There have been 29 confirmed COVID-19 cases among staff at Tutwiler, and seven cases among women serving there.
Fifth Alabama inmate dies after testing positive for COVID-19
The fifth inmate in an Alabama prison has died after testing positive for COVID-19, the Alabama Department of Corrections announced Wednesday. Allen Barton, 59, a terminally-ill man who was serving at Staton Correctional Facility tested positive for COVID-19 in the prison’s infirmary after exhibition symptoms of the virus, ADOC said in a statement. He was … Continued
Court asked to intervene to address understaffing in Alabama prisons
Attorneys for the plaintiffs in a lawsuit against the Alabama Department of Corrections in a Wednesday court filing argued that the state is woefully behind on court-ordered hiring of correctional officers for the state’s overcrowded, understaffed prisons, and they asked for more court intervention. It has been more than two years since U.S. District Judge … Continued
Private prison company vying to build Alabama’s new prisons mulling strategies amid falling stock prices
Shares for the private prison company bidding to build one or more of Alabama three new prisons are down more than 50 percent this year, and the company is reconsidering its business model. Tennessee-based CoreCivic’s shares are down by nearly 51 percent from a year ago, and down by 250 percent from 2017. The company … Continued
Overcrowded prison accounts for nearly quarter of all prison COVID-19 cases
One dangerously overcrowded prison in Alabama has nearly a quarter of all the state’s confirmed COVID-19 cases among inmates and staff. Twenty percent of all confirmed COVID-19 cases among staff and inmates in Alabama’s prisons were at Staton Correctional Facility in Elmore County, as of Friday, according to the Alabama Department of Corrections. Twenty-four workers … Continued