FBI launches probe after Alabama inmate activist injured
February 9, 2021 at 10:24 pm
FILE - In this Thursday, April 23, 2009, file photo, a correctional officer walks inside a fence past inmates at Donaldson Correctional Facility near Bessemer, Ala. The Alabama prison system says it has asked the FBI to help investigate a violent altercation at the facility on Jan. 30, 2021, that hospitalized two officers and two inmates, including a well-known prison rights activist. (AP Photo/Jay Reeves, File)
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Three Alabama correctional officers are on leave as the FBI helps to investigate a prison altercation that hospitalized two officers and two inmates, including a well-known prison rights activist, the state prison system said Monday.