The Alabama Department of Corrections has identified an inmate who was found dead days ago at the St. Clair Correctional Facility.Inmate found dead at St. Clair facility identified Department spokesman Bob Horton said in an emailed statement Tuesday that the inmate has been identified as 54-year-old Emory Cook. Horton says Cook’s cellmate noticed that he was unresponsive on Friday morning…
Authorities have concluded that a 19-year-old inmate who was found unresponsive in his Montgomery cell last year died of a drug overdose. District Attorney Daryl Bailey told the Montgomery Advertiser on Wednesday that a grand jury found no reason to bring criminal charges against anybody in connection with the January 2015 death of 19-year-old Tony Lewis Jr. Bailey says the…
Authorities say an inmate has escaped from the Elba Work Release Center in Coffee County. Joseph Thomas Butt, 28, was last seen at his assigned job site at approximately 12:30 p.m. on Tuesday, March 22nd. He was last seen wearing a blue shirt with “New Orleans” written on it and brown cargo pants. He is described as a 6’1″ white male…
An Alabama Corrections employee is free on bond after being charged with having sex with an inmate at a prison work facility in Montgomery. Court records show 37-year-old Angela Bowie Leonard is charged with a felony count of custodial sexual misconduct. She was released from the Montgomery County jail Monday after posting a $2,500 bond. Leonard has worked for Alabama…
