State prison officials looking for inmate missing from Montgomery job site

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The Alabama Department of Corrections needs your help finding a state prison inmate who was reported missing from his job site in Montgomery.

ADOC is looking for Joseph Win Wampler, who was reported missing from the Heart of Alabama Food Bank at around 3PM. He was last seen wearing a brown state uniform.

Wampler is 44 years old, is 5’11” and 142 pounds. He has numerous tattoos, including facial markings described as “2025” and “Proverbs 31:10-13,” along with stars, flames, a lion, a deer decal and a female figure with wings and a halo.

Joseph Wampler – Photo from Alabama Department of Corrections

Wampler is serving a 16-year sentence for receiving stolen property in the second degree. The report lists his sentencing date as April 28, 2022, and his committing county as Madison County. He was being held at the Frank Lee Community Based Facility in Deatsville.

Anyone who sees Wampler or has information that could lead to his recapture is asked to contact ADOC Communications at (800) 831-8825.