Selma woman sentenced for conspiring to smuggle drugs into state prison
A Selma woman has been sentenced to 35 months in prison for conspiring to smuggle drugs into a state prison.
Fountain Correctional Facility
Inmate Escapes from South Alabama Prison
The Alabama Department of Corrections says an inmate has escaped from a prison in South Alabama.
UPDATE: Escaped Inmate from Fountain Correctional Facility Recaptured
Gable was serving a 20 year prison sentence for assault after his conviction in August 2012.
Officer Stabbed at State Prison in Atmore
A corrections officer was injured after being assaulted by an inmate at a south Alabama prison.
Inmate Killed in Assault at Fountain Prison
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — An inmate died Tuesday after an apparent assault at Fountain Correctional Facility in Atmore, the Alabama Department of Corrections confirmed. Tyrone Billups, 39, died from injuries sustained in an apparent inmate-on-inmate assault, a prison spokeswoman wrote in an email. The prison system said the death is under investigation. The prison system did not release a cause…
