Name not reported
A man held at Kilby Correctional Facility died in 2018. According to a U.S. Department of Justice report, he had been stabbed in the head, back and arm and had a fractured skull, yet the Alabama prison system recorded his death as natural. Federal investigators pointed to his death as an example of how violent deaths in the state's prisons were being undercounted. His name has not been made public.
Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody (disputed). The Justice Department report says another prisoner stabbed him in the head, back and arm and fractured his skull, but the Alabama Department of Corrections classified his death as natural.
Reported by: U.S. Department of Justice (outside investigators); Alabama Department of Corrections (the agency that held him).