Facilities · Prison
Donaldson Correctional Facility
Bessemer, Jefferson County, Alabama · capacity 1,760
Also reported as Donaldson prison; William C. Donaldson Correctional Facility; William Donaldson Correctional Facility; William E Donaldson Correctional Facility; William E. Donaldson Correctional Facility.
94 deaths are recorded here, from 2010 to 2026; all by name.
- undetermined 42
- illness 19
- other person 17
- staff force 5
- suicide 5
- neglect 4
- accident 1
- overdose 1
Lawsuits over deaths here have brought at least $250,000 in settlements and awards, for 1 person.
The people
- Bobby Earl Griffin October 17, 2026
- Montracious Devon Harris October 10, 2026
- Terry Poole September 22, 2026
- Huey Edward Coon September 18, 2026
- Robert Earl Armburst Jr. September 7, 2026
- Larry Thomas May 27, 2026
- Jeffery Floyd May 1, 2026
- Donald Jackson February 27, 2026
- Bennie Doyce Skinner February 11, 2026
- Guy Greggory Griggs January 28, 2026
- Wesley Warren January 11, 2026
- Darrell Leshunn Williams November 17, 2025
- Antwion Webb September 13, 2025
- Randy Matkins August 26, 2025
- Justin Marquez Johnson August 5, 2025
- Anthony Trotter June 2, 2025
- Floyd Lee Coleman May 21, 2025
- Marcus Bernard Palmer May 8, 2025
- Jerome Lamont Reed May 7, 2025
- Cordel Ladon Battle February 11, 2025
- Deandre Roney November 2024
- Coron Abdullah August 14, 2024
- Deandre Roney June 8, 2024
- James Clark, Jr. May 12, 2024
- Demetrise Rashaun Maye May 2, 2024
- John Lionel Buskey March 3, 2024
- Allen Hugh Parker February 23, 2024
- Willie Jamell Thompson February 15, 2024
- Keyonte Ikem Arrington December 14, 2023
- Larry Jamelle Amerson December 11, 2023
- Doyle Lee Farr December 3, 2023
- Cedric Lavoris Watts October 15, 2023
- Tommy Powell October 13, 2023
- Tommy Tunstall September 7, 2023
- Sam Kevin Cox September 5, 2023
- Lashun Cortez White August 7, 2023
- Thomas Doyle Crowe May 3, 2023
- James C. Nelson March 28, 2023
- Bobby Ray Bradley March 10, 2023
- Tony Edward Evans March 5, 2023
- Michael Wayne Perry February 8, 2023
- Michael Theodore Medders January 29, 2023
- Kevin Marcus Ritter January 7, 2023
- Jackie Curtis Haynes December 14, 2022
- Kenneth Earl Ray II November 14, 2022
- Victor Russo October 28, 2022
- Joseph Paul Mitchell October 9, 2022
- Denarieya Smith October 1, 2022
- Letrex Smith October 2022
- Anthony J. Gay August 16, 2022
- David Sloan July 17, 2022
- Jakari Marquez Norris July 10, 2022
- Lionel Ferado O'Neal July 9, 2022
- Joe C. Davis July 8, 2022
- Don Robert Barclay July 7, 2022
- Kenneth James July 2, 2022
- Maxamillion Ward June 28, 2022
- Matthew Mork June 20, 2022
- Floyd Jay Ponder June 16, 2022
- Mitchell Cosby June 15, 2022
- Allen Dewitt Bibbs May 25, 2022
- Calenes Jones May 25, 2022
- Earnest Charles McReynolds May 10, 2022
- Joseph Agee May 9, 2022
- Timmy Wilson May 6, 2022
- Austin Knowles May 5, 2022
- William Jennings March 2, 2022
- Victor Russo February 24, 2022
- Barry Wardell Gardner February 22, 2022
- Johnathan Ray Revells February 18, 2022
- Jonathan Clay Click November 2, 2021
- Kenneth Gilchrist October 11, 2021
- Johnnie Lee James August 12, 2021
- Evans Lewis Butler Jr. July 18, 2021
- DeVarrieo Shepherd July 14, 2021
- Jason Kirkland July 5, 2021
- Kenneth Gilchrist July 2021
- Collis McCaster May 9, 2021
- David Franklin February 9, 2021
- Thomas Lee Rutledge December 7, 2020
- Thomas Blanton June 26, 2020
- Darnell McMillian June 2020
- Bobby Ray Sims December 24, 2019
- Elvin Burnseed October 7, 2019
- Steven Davis October 4, 2019
- Marco Dewayne Tolbert September 26, 2019
- Daniel Scott Gentry December 21, 2018
- James David Johnson December 24, 2016
- Marreo Mitchell November 28, 2015
- Donnis Musgrove November 2015
- Benito Ocampo Albarran April 26, 2015
- Anthony Jones May 19, 2013
- Steven Newell July 26, 2012
- Charles Agee August 5, 2010
History and conditions
Research on this facility’s history, oversight and conditions is coming.