Barry Gardner
Barry Gardner, 33, was held at William E. Donaldson Correctional Facility near Birmingham, Alabama, when he was found stabbed in an open dormitory on the evening of February 22, 2022. He was taken to the infirmary and pronounced dead there. The Jefferson County Coroner's Office investigated his death as a homicide. The Equal Justice Initiative lists him among the men killed at Donaldson that year and places his death within a wider series of killings in Alabama prisons.
Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody. The Jefferson County Coroner's Office investigated Barry Gardner's death as a homicide after he was found stabbed in an open dormitory at Donaldson Correctional Facility.
Reported by: Jefferson County Coroner's Office (medical examiner or coroner); Equal Justice Initiative (advocates); Alabama Department of Corrections (the agency that held him).
Sources (8)
- Inmate dies after being stabbed at William Donaldson Correctional Facility
- State Prison Inmate from Montgomery Stabbed to Death
- Inmate At Bessemer Prison Becomes Facility's 3rd Death In A Week
- Alabama Prison Crisis: Another Prisoner Nearing Release Is Murdered
- Second Alabama Prison Homicide in Less Than a Week
- Alabama inmate convicted of capital murder killed at William Donaldson Correctional Facility
- Second Homicide in Three Days at Alabama Prison
- Another Man Stabbed to Death at Donaldson Prison