Mr. Smith is the second person killed in AL's prisons in less than two weeks and at least the 14th person killed so far this year. With two months left in the year, 2022 is on track to exceed the 18 homicides recorded in 2019, the deadliest year in AL's prisons.
A 30-year-old man named Denarieya Smith was stabbed to death on Saturday at William E. Donaldson Correctional Facility near Birmingham, Alabama. https://t.co/jBkThjSBOY
On this day in 2011, Georgia executed Troy Davis despite new evidence of his innocence. The evidence was so compelling that three of his jurors urged the government to stop the execution. To overcome racial inequality, we must confront our history. https://t.co/LD5KMEJClp
Alabama is still sending troubled and vulnerable children to facilities described as “violent and chaotic places where youth are physically and emotionally abused by staff and peers.” https://t.co/aA06snli2O
Most of the arrested employees are corrections officers, and the list shows that 21 arrests involved a charge of battery—including four employees accused in the beating of a handcuffed man.
A new report shows that 195 people working for the Georgia Department of Corrections were arrested for crimes related to their jobs between the start of 2020 and June 30, 2022. https://t.co/9uaREOS3UY
Marilyn Mulero was exonerated on Tuesday, 29 years after she was sentenced to death in Illinois based on a false confession coerced by a now-disgraced Chicago detective. https://t.co/kZ8ouEs7jS