Prisons Alabama organization receives $1.5 million to help inmates re-enter society The Southwest Alabama Partnership for Training and Employment was awarded a $1.5 million Pathway Home grant to help reduce recidivism. Chance PhillipsJuly 9, 2024
Prisons Prisoner in altercation with correctional officer seven days before found unresponsive Victor Russo was found unresponsive Feb. 23 and died two days later. He was in a physical altercation with an officer on Feb. 16. Eddie BurkhalterMarch 7, 2022
Prisons Incarcerated man at Donaldson prison dies after attack The man's death is the latest in what is quickly becoming one of the deadliest years in Alabama prisons. Eddie BurkhalterMarch 4, 2022
Prisons Prisoner death not being investigate as homicide despite “blunt force trauma” The county coroner said Victor Russo was found unresponsive in his cell with apparent blunt force trauma and died two days later at a... Eddie BurkhalterFebruary 28, 2022
Prisons Man serving at Ventress prison dies Riley Henderson, 25, was found unresponsive on Feb. 5, the Alabama Department of Corrections confirmed Wednesday. Eddie BurkhalterFebruary 17, 2022
Prisons Alabama prisoner found unresponsive, dies Justin Maxwell, 31, was found unresponsive by prison staff on Feb. 10 and was pronounced dead. Eddie BurkhalterFebruary 14, 2022
Prisons Former Alabama correctional officer gets nine years in prison over prisoner beating Willie Burks III, a former ADOC lieutenant, failed to stop another officer from beating two handcuffed inmates, instead telling the officer "it's fair." Eddie BurkhalterFebruary 7, 2022
Prisons Three more incarcerated men die with COVID-19 The three deaths, all at St. Clair Correctional Facility, bring the total number of COVID-related deaths among Alabama's incarcerated to 73. Eddie BurkhalterFebruary 2, 2022
Prisons Man serving at Staton prison dies after attack with weapon The death Monday is the latest in a string of prison deaths in Alabama, which is being sued by the federal government. Eddie BurkhalterFebruary 1, 2022
Prisons Alabama prisoner dies after taken to another prison instead of hospital William Sullivan died shortly after arriving to Kilby Correctional Facility on Jan. 8 from the minimum security Red Eagle Work Center in Montgomery. Eddie BurkhalterJanuary 21, 2022
Prisons Alabama prisons see increasing COVID cases among prisoners, staff There were 334 new confirmed cases among incarcerated people and 146 cases among prison staff last week. Eddie BurkhalterJanuary 19, 2022