Health Alabama inmate tested positive for COVID-19 after his death Testing data from the department shows there was an outbreak of the disease in the prison around the time he was taken to a... Eddie BurkhalterOctober 16, 2020
Health 28th Alabama inmate dies after testing positive for COVID-19 Since the start of the pandemic, 441 Alabama inmates and 415 staff have tested positive for coronavirus. Eddie BurkhalterOctober 13, 2020
Health 24th Alabama inmate dies after testing positive for COVID Willie Bernard Collins, 67, died on Oct. 1 after battling the disease for 113 days. Eddie BurkhalterOctober 6, 2020
National 23rd Alabama inmate dies with COVID-19 There have been 409 total positive COVID-19 cases among inmates and 392 total among employees as of Sept. 26. John H. GlennSeptember 26, 2020
Health SPLC report: Despite COVID-19 deaths, Alabama isn’t releasing older, at-risk inmates A report by the Southern Poverty Law Center published Tuesday found that almost 200 older state inmates, at greater risk from COVID-19, were eligible... Eddie BurkhalterSeptember 23, 2020
News Governor establishes Prison Repurposing Commission Gov. Kay Ivey and Alabama Department of Corrections Commissioner Jeff Dunn have said that as many as 11 of the state’s 13 existing men’s... Eddie BurkhalterSeptember 22, 2020
Elections Prisoners quarantined at formerly closed prison kept in unconstitutional conditions, groups say Conditions are so bad that inmates have been forced to urinate and defacate on themselves because restrooms are not accessible, the complaint alleges. Eddie BurkhalterSeptember 18, 2020
News John Paul Dejnozka, the “Southwest Molester,” dies after testing positive for COVID-19 John Paul Dejnozka, 76, died on Sept. 9 after testing positive for COVID-19, becoming the 21st Alabama inmate to have died after being confirmed... Eddie BurkhalterSeptember 14, 2020
National Judge denies Worsley’s request to serve sentence outside prison A judge last week denied Sean Worsley’s request to be transferred to a community corrections program instead of prison for an August 2016 arrest... Brandon MoseleySeptember 7, 2020
Governor Police Chiefs Association “wholeheartedly” supports Ivey’s prison plan Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey on Thursday announced the two developer teams that are to build the state’s three new mega prisons. Ivey said those... Brandon MoseleySeptember 4, 2020