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.
William E. Donaldson Correctional Facility
Correctional officer stabbed, hit in head at Donaldson prison Thursday
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
Second inmate at Donaldson Correctional Facility dies since Saturday
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
Alabama prisoner dies after correctional officers “apply physical measures”
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