William E. Donaldson Correctional Facility

A correctional officer on Friday was being treated for non-life threatening injuries after being stabbed and hit in the head on Friday at Donaldson Correctional Facility in Bessemer, according to the Alabama Department of Corrections.  APR confirmed that the officer was injured while trying to break up a fight between men incarcerated at Donaldson prison.  … Continued

A second inmate at the William E. Donaldson Correctional Facility in Bessemer has died within the last four days, but it was unclear Tuesday how the man died.  Elvin Burnseed, 53, of Dothan was found by correctional officers Monday “lying on a top tier in his dorm,” according to a press release Tuesday from the … Continued

An inmate at the William E. Donaldson Correctional Facility in Bessemer died Saturday after correctional officers “applied physical measures” to the inmate on Friday, according to the Alabama Department of Corrections.  Steven Davis, 35, of Graysville was pronounced dead at a local hospital on Saturday, according to a press release on Monday from the Alabama … Continued