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The state has already spent over $57.7 million since January 2022 on the design and preliminary construction of its new prisons.
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Staton Correctional Facility stories
Prisons
An incarcerated man at Staton was dying of cancer. His sister and mother were refused the chance to see him.
Prisons
Willie Jones Jr, an incarcerated man being treated at Baptist South Medical Center in Montgomery, died on Jan. 6.
Prisons
At least eight other individuals died within ADOC facilities in the month of December.
Prisons
The pipe failures left no drinking water from the taps and no showers for over 1,100 incarcerated people.
Prisons
Including the most recent deaths, at least 13 incarcerated men have died in prison facilities over the past two weeks.
Prisons
It was at least the 15th confirmed death in Alabama's state prison system in October.
News
Daeshun Mincey, a 21-year-old incarcerated man at the Elmore County facility, was found unresponsive at the facility on Oct. 22.
Prisons
Incarcerated individuals are alleging that correctional staff in Alabama prisons have begun depriving them of sufficient meals.
Prisons
The Elmore County facility is currently on enforced lockdown, with no yard time or purchases available in the prison store.