The state of Alabama has 90 new basic correctional officers, one of the largest the program has seen since it’s beginning. A graduation was held Thursday at the Alabama Criminal Justice Academy Training Center in Selma. The officers took part in a six-week training program, and are now ADOC-certified. The basic correctional officers have a shorter training period than correctional…
The Alabama Department of Corrections is hiring a new category of corrections officer as the state tries to address a prison staffing shortage. Sixty-one basic correctional officers will graduate Friday from the Alabama Corrections Academy in Selma. The prison system created the new position of basic officer this year to speed the hiring of security staff. The program has easier…
Charles Marlin Harris III (Source: ADOC) The inmate, who escaped while working his assigned job in Montgomery, has been found. Charles Marlin Harris III was recaptured Thursday afternoon just before 3:00 P.M. in Wetumpka. Harris was convicted in May 2018 for possessing an firearm with an altered identification number. Additional charges are pending. Categories: Montgomery Metro, News Tags: adoc, Charles…
Charles Marlin Harris III (Source: ADOC) The Alabama Department of Corrections needs your help relocated an escaped inmate. ADOC officials say 29-year-old Charles Marlin Harris III escaped early Thursday morning while on his assigned job in Montgomery. Harris is 6’4″ and 205 lbs and was last seen wearing a black shirt, khaki shorts, and brown boots. Harris was convicted in…
Alabama has turned over more documents to the Department of Justice as it continues its investigation of the state prison system. Justice Department lawyers wrote in a Thursday court filing that Alabama turned over requested documents in an ongoing investigation related to allegations of use excessive force and abuse by prison staff. The department had gone to court to enforce…
A federal appeals court is refusing to block Alabama’s bid to execute an inmate convicted of killing a country preacher with a sword. The 11th U.S. Circuit of Appeals on Wednesday refused a stay requested by 46-year-old Christopher Lee Price. He’s set to die by lethal injection Thursday night. The court says an earlier Supreme Court decision prevents a delay…
Alabama has executed a man for a quadruple killing in 1997 that followed a dispute over the use of a pickup truck. Authorities say 41-year-old Michael Brandon Samra was given a lethal injection Thursday evening at the state prison in Atmore. Officials did not immediately release a time of death. Samra and friend Mark Duke were convicted of killing Duke’s…
After the U.S. Department of Justice condemned Alabama prisons for excessive violence and inmate deaths, state officials say they are turning to the enormous task of addressing the problems. The Department of Justice reports the state must take immediate, long-term steps to address understaffing, violence and other problems – or face a federal lawsuit. Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey responds that…
A body was found in the Coosa River after a high speed chase ended in the river late last night. The car crashed into the Coosa River at Gold Star Park. Police say that Alabama Department of Corrections officers were chasing a car that left Tutweiler Prison Thursday. They say the driver then took a turn into gold star park…
Alabama prisons are getting some extra money to spend on improving security. The department plans to use a more than $64,000 federal grant announced Wednesday by Gov. Kay Ivey’s office to buy new equipment and conduct additional training. Some of the money will go toward protective gear that correctional officers can use when handling dangerous narcotics. Grant funds also will…
