Coron Abdullah
Coron Abdullah, 33, died on August 14, 2024, in a restrictive housing cell in the infirmary at Donaldson Correctional Facility in Bessemer, Alabama. According to the coroner's report, he had been assigned to a mental health unit and became extremely dehydrated. The report says an officer returned after alerting a captain and found him already dead. His death had not yet appeared in the Alabama Department of Corrections' statistical reports, according to the Equal Justice Initiative.
Cause of death, as reported: Died from neglect by staff. The coroner's report says he became extremely dehydrated while assigned to a mental health unit, and that an officer found him already dead after returning from alerting a captain.
Reported by: coroner's report (medical examiner or coroner).