Bibb Correctional News Today

Members of the Alabama Department of Dorrections spoke with WAAY 31 about what they’re providing and why it’s a safer job than some may expect.

Families report going months without receiving any real information about how their loved ones died in prison. They are left to guess what happened.

The death is under investigation.

Two different Alabama prisons reported inmate deaths this past week.

Gov. Kay Ivey has called the Legislature into session to fund new prison construction. Prison reform advocates say laws must change to address crisis.

The Alabama Department of Corrections says three more state inmates have died after contracting COVID-19. That brings the systems total number of inmate deaths from the illness to more than 50. The deaths include inmates Larry Gene Knight, Dennis Guyton, and Danny Charles Cunningham, all in their late sixties or early seventies. Those fatalities bring Alabamas total number of inmate deaths from the pandemic to 52. That total includes two prison staffers. The largest concentration of inmates sic...

3 more state inmates die after testing positive for COVID-19 (Source: WSFA 12 News) By WSFA Staff | December 15, 2020 at 8:41 PM CST - Updated December 15 at 8:41 PM MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - The Alabama Department of Corrections confirmed another three inmates who tested positive for COVID-19 have died. ADOC confirms 70-year-old Floyd Whiteside, 75-year-old Jack Wilson, and 88-year-old Herbert Atwell have died within the past two weeks. Whiteside was serving a 20-year sentence for sexua...