Alabama Department of Corrections

MARION COUNTY - A single-vehicle crash Wednesday, August 2, on Highway 278 in Marion County has caused the deaths of two Alabama Department of Correction inmates.

NORTHPORT - An Alabama Department of Corrections work release inmate housed in Hamilton and employed at Masonite in Haleyville escaped during the early morning hours Wednesday, July 19, and was apprehended the following day in the Northport area in a stolen vehicle with a loaded firearm.

HAMILTON - The Alabama Department of Corrections was informed via self-reporting that two staff members employed at Julia Tutwiler Prison for Women in Wetumpka, one staff member employed at Hamilton Aged and Infirmed in Hamilton and one staff member employed at Bullock Correctional Facility in Union Springs have tested positive for COVID-19.

HAMILTON - The Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) confirmed late Wednesday, May 6, that an inmate incarcerated at Hamilton Aged & Infirmed (Hamilton A&I) in Hamilton has tested positive for COVID-19.

MONTGOMERY - The Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) continues its system-wide efforts to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 across its facilities, working in partnership with Governor Ivey’s Coronavirus (COVID-19) Task Force, the Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH) and various infectious disease control experts.