Prisons
An estimated 25 incarcerated men have died in the Alabama prison system since the first of this year.
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prison deaths stories
Prisons
ADOC said that the final cause of death is pending the results of a full autopsy.
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Donaldson is 149.7 percent over capacity, housing 1,449 incarcerated individuals in a facility designed to hold 968.
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Charlene Winningham, 53, was found unresponsive on June 6. The cause of his death awaits an autopsy.
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Joseph Johnson, 33, was found unresponsive in his cell at Limestone Correctional facility on May 27.
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Terrell Penick, 46, died on May 31 at St. Clair Correctional Facility. His exact cause of death awaits a full autopsy.
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Two of the men died within hours of one another at Donaldson prison. Officials are awaiting autopsies.
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No suspects have been identified in the case of a gun found in a field outside Fountain Correctional Facility, according to the Department of...
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Trey Norwood, 28, was found unresponsive at Ventress on May 17. Earnest Charles McReynolds, 69, died on May 10 at Donaldson Correctional Facility.
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WBHM's Mary Scott Hodgin spent several years investigating Alabama's prison crisis for the podcast, which released the first episode Wednesday.