Alabama prison inmate triggers lockdown after he posts video on social media
Video sent to WAKA’s newsroom by a viewer shows inmate Derrol Shaw talking on social media and smoking something while wearing a correctional officer’s bullet proof vest.
Donaldson Correctional Facility
Inmate Stabbed, Killed at Alabama Prison
An inmate has died at a state prison in Alabama after a stabbing, according to the Jefferson County coroner office.
Man Serving Life for 1993 Alabama Double Murder Dies
BESSEMER, Ala. (AP) – A 44-year-old Alabama inmate serving a life sentence for the deaths of two people has died. The Jefferson County Coroner’s Office said Tommy Lee Rutledge was found unresponsive Tuesday inside his private cell at William Donaldson Correctional Facility. Chief Deputy Coroner Bill Yates said an autopsy was performed Wednesday but the cause of death has not…
Hate Crime Vigil
Held in memory of the murder of Billy Jack Gaither in Sylacauga in 1999
The annual vigil for hate crime victims was held this rainy Sunday on the Capitol steps. Next year will be the 20th year for the vigil, which began as a way to draw attention to the murder of a gay man, Billy Jack Gaither, in Sylacauga. The two men convicted of the murder—Steven Mullins and Charles Butler were sentenced to…
