David Sloan
David Daniel Sloan was 45 and held at William E. Donaldson Correctional Facility in Bessemer. On June 24, 2022, he was badly hurt in an assault by another man held at the prison, and he spent weeks in a coma, first at UAB Hospital and then in the prison's medical unit. He died there on July 17, 2022, and the Jefferson County coroner attributed his death to blunt force injuries. The Equal Justice Initiative counted him among seven people killed at Donaldson that year.
Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody. The Jefferson County Coroner and the Alabama Department of Corrections both say Sloan died from blunt force injuries from an assault by another inmate, and the Equal Justice Initiative lists him among those killed at Donaldson in 2022.
Reported by: Jefferson County Coroner (medical examiner or coroner); Alabama Department of Corrections (the agency that held him); Equal Justice Initiative (advocates).