inmate deaths

A former correctional officer in Alabama was sentenced to more than seven years in prison for using excessive force on an inmate and lying on a report in an attempt to cover it up.

A jury convicted a former Alabama prison sergeant of federal charges in connection with the 2018 beating of an inmate. Devlon Williams was a former sergeant with the Alabama Department of Corrections. He was convicted of deprivation of rights under color of law, falsification of records and obstruction of justice, the U.S. Department of Justice announced.

A lawsuit alleges a mentally ill man froze to death at an Alabama jail, arriving at a hospital emergency room with a body temperature of 72 degrees. That's according to a suit filed in federal court by the man's family. A separate suit alleges another inmate “baked to death.”

Alabama inmates will be given access to the COVID-19 vaccine after prison officers and staff have already been vaccinated. The Alabama Department of…

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama prison inmate has died after what authorities described as an apparent inmate-on-inmate assault. The Alabama Department…

Two Alabama prison officers are on leave as the department probes the use of force in the death of a state inmate. The Alabama Department of Corrections…

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Prison officials say they are investigating the deaths of two Alabama inmates.The Department of Corrections says 65-year-old Earl…

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The Alabama Department of Correction is investigating the death of two inmates.The prison system said in Friday news release that…