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Incarcerated man stabbed at Elmore Correctional Facility, later died

Sargent was the 15th incarcerated individual to die in an Alabama correctional facility in the month of October.

November 7, 2022

Incarcerated man found unresponsive, pronounced dead at Donaldson Correctional Facility

Anthony Gay, a 42-year-old man serving a live sentence, was found unresponsive in his cell.

August 18, 2022

Incarcerated man dies in Bibb Correctional Facility

Cory Luke White, 38, was serving a 20-year sentence at the Bibb County facility for a theft of property charge.

August 11, 2022

Alabama among five states with the highest per capita costs from gun violence

Gun violence costs the state about $15.4 billion in an average year.

July 21, 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 becomes at least 15th preventable death in Alabama prisons this year

Marcus Terrell Grubbs died after he was attacked by another incarcerated man at Kilby Correctional, the Alabama Department of Corrections confirmed Thursday.

May 6, 2022

Man serving at Ventress prison dies

Riley Henderson, 25, was found unresponsive on Feb. 5, the Alabama Department of Corrections confirmed Wednesday.

February 17, 2022

Documentary highlight’s Panola woman’s work to get community vaccinated

Dorothy Oliver received the Best of Womankind award from USA Today, and a personal thanks from Dr. Anthony Fauci.

February 16, 2022

APR’s 2021 coverage of Alabama’s deadly prison crisis

Alabama's years-long deadly prison crisis continued throughout 2021. APR looks back on the year's coverage.

December 27, 2021

ADOC classifies 2020 death of incarcerated man as homicide

Darnell McMillian died in 2020 after being placed in a cell with another incarcerated man. Both were on suicide watch.

December 6, 2021