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Peoples’ preliminary autopsy report leaves family with more questions

An independent autopsy revealed no exit wound or remaining projectiles in Peoples' body.

July 16, 2025

Family seeks answers after finally receiving autopsy of incarcerated loved one

Eddie Richmond was only 20 years old when he was found unresponsive and later pronounced dead at Fountain Correctional Facility.

September 21, 2023

Family seeking autopsy of incarcerated loved one says they received his body with bruises

When the family received Anthony Kendrick's body for the funeral last week, there were bruises on his body.

August 25, 2023

Incarcerated individual dies at Ventress Correctional Facility

Charles Rocky Ramsey, a 36-year-old man incarcerated at Ventress Correctional Facility, was pronounced dead on Wednesday.

October 28, 2022

Incarcerated man dies at Donaldson Correctional Facility

The same week that Ward was sent to UAB hospital for treatment, another incarcerated man died at Donaldson Correctional Facility.

July 1, 2022

Man dies at Elmore prison

Charlene Winningham, 53, was found unresponsive on June 6. The cause of his death awaits an autopsy.

June 9, 2022

Another man dies at St. Clair prison

Terrell Penick, 46, died on May 31 at St. Clair Correctional Facility. His exact cause of death awaits a full autopsy.

June 2, 2022

Man serving at Staton prison died Aug. 2

Kelvin Colvin, 25, died Aug. 2 after being found unresponsive in his cell, the Alabama Department of Corrections said.

October 21, 2021

Man at Donaldson prison becomes 2nd Alabama prison homicide in five days

There have been at least 10 homicides, and 22 drug deaths and suicides, in Alabama prisons this year.

October 13, 2021

“He was a human being”: Family hopes son’s death at Holman prison not in vain

After a decade behind bars, all that came out of Holman prison was Antonio Bell’s body and a pair of new white Nikes, still wrapped in plastic. Before he died on Jan. 9 of a likely drug overdose, 29-year-old Antonio told his family that it’s the guards who most often smuggle drugs inside. The family … Continued

February 25, 2020