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.
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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.
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.
Two more incarcerated men died in Alabama prisons this week
There have been at least eight deaths inside Alabama prisons this month.
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.
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.
Incarcerated man dies after assault at Limestone prison
The death and other recent homicides and suicides underscore longstanding problems in Alabama's prisons.
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
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
“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