Five inmates were hospitalized last night after a fight broke out in a prison dormitory near Birmingham.
Alabama Department of Corrections spokesman Bob Horton says the disturbance began around 6 p.m. last night at St. Clair Correctional Facility in Springville, Alabama. Horton says several inmates were involved in a fight in a prison dorm. Five of those inmates had to be removed from the prison and taken to a hospital for treatment. The prison is currently on lockdown and the incident is under investigation. Horton says it isn’t yet known if any weapons were used in the fight.
St. Clair Correctional Facility has been plagued by violence in recent months. In March of this year, an inmate and a correctional officer were stabbed during altercations. Last April, 12 inmates were injured at the prison following a riot.
The APR news team is currently producing a series of investigative reports examining justice reform and prison reform in the state.
