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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

Special session on prison construction to begin Monday

The state is being sued by the U.S. Department of Justice over Alabama's deadly prisons.

September 22, 2021

Report: Alabama legislation likely to worsen state’s prison crisis

ACLU of Alabama's "Statehouse-to-Prison Pipeline" report found that 53 of 139 bills that would worsen the crisis passed last session.

August 25, 2021

Two more incarcerated men died in Alabama prisons this week

There have been at least eight deaths inside Alabama prisons this month.

July 16, 2021

Two more incarcerated men in Alabama died this week

The federal government is suing Alabama alleging systemic problems of violence, death, drugs and corruption in prisons.

July 15, 2021

Two more incarcerated men die at Bibb prison

Three have died at Bibb prison since July 4. A man serving there said guards didn't respond in time to save one.

July 9, 2021

Incarcerated man dies after assault at Limestone prison

The death and other recent homicides and suicides underscore longstanding problems in Alabama's prisons.

May 11, 2021

Ivey announces support for criminal justice legislation

Gov. Kay Ivey on Thursday announced her support for six bills that address the state’s criminal justice system, legislation that’s a product of Ivey’s study group on criminal justice policy. “I tasked the Criminal Justice Study Group with the mission of finding data-driven solutions to our longstanding challenges in our prison system,” Ivey said in … Continued

February 28, 2020

ADOC investigating possible suicide at Easterling Correctional Facility

The death of a man serving in the Easterling Correctional Facility in Barbour County on Sunday is being investigated as a possible suicide. Marquell Underwood, 22, was found in his cell unresponsive at approximately 4 p.m. on Sunday, according to a statement by the Alabama Department of Corrections. Underwood was being held in solitary confinement, … Continued

February 26, 2020

“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