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A large portion of the ADOC's requested budget would go toward staffing needs and increases to wages, salaries, and benefits.
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- Opinion
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The official cause of death is pending the results of an official autopsy.
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Jeffery Baldwin, a warden at Elmore Correctional Facility, was arrested in Cullman on Aug. 30 for suspicion of driving under the influence.
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Charles Eugene Fortenberry, 74, who was serving a life sentence, died in hospice care Sunday.
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Another incarcerated man was revived after a near-fatal overdose.
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The $117,800,000 contract is for roughly six months until the ADOC can develop and release a new competitive RFP process.
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The company has failed to meet court-mandated levels of mental health care staff in ADOC’s correctional facilities.
News
Reginald Alford is said to have died of a seizure. ADOC says the case "is under final review."
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Anthony Gay, a 42-year-old man serving a live sentence, was found unresponsive in his cell.
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A judge found that officials at the prison were shielded by qualified immunity, but the incarcerated man had presented evidence of First Amendment violations.
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Jonathan Cossey, 42, was found unresponsive in his cell on Thursday, according to the ADOC spokesperson.