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Donaldson Correctional Facility

Courts

Judge sanctions Alabama lawyers over fake AI citations in filing

Three Alabama attorneys were reprimanded and removed from a case after submitting court documents with fake citations generated by ChatGPT.

July 25, 2025

Family: ADOC officer died from an asthma attack induced by inhaling mace

It has been over two weeks since the officer's death and ADOC still has not contacted the officer's mother about her death.

November 28, 2023

Family was denied seeing incarcerated loved one who had brain surgery

“Something with that policy needs to change, and it needs to change now,” Crafton said.

November 24, 2023

Several deaths reported at ADOC facilities in the past week

Last week, several incarcerated individuals died at separate Alabama Department of Correction facilities.

November 7, 2023

ADOC allegedly denies to open tray doors for air ventilation

Tray holes are primarily meant to distribute food, but in sweltering heat, they are one of a few sources of ventilation.

August 24, 2023

ADOC worker arrested for possession of drugs, contraband

Nina Rodgers, 60, was responsible for running the commissary store at Donaldson prison before her arrest.

July 14, 2023

Incarcerated man dies over the weekend, more incidents to be determined by ADOC

Two of the reported incidents came from the Donaldson Correctional Facility.

July 5, 2023

Incarcerated man reported dead at Donaldson Correctional Facility

Including this latest death, at least 12 incarcerated men have died in Alabama prisons in March.

March 30, 2023

12 incarcerated men died in state custody in February and four so far in March

At least three incarcerated men died in Alabama state prisons in the final days of February. So far in March, four have died.

March 7, 2023

Incarcerated man dies at Donaldson Correctional Facility

Perry's death is believed to be of natural causes, with an examination conducted on Wednesday.

February 10, 2023